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Secular

  • Addition of ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ to Preamble sacrilege to ‘sanatana’ spirit: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

    Addition of ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ to Preamble sacrilege to ‘sanatana’ spirit: VP Jagdeep Dhankhar

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 28, 2025 · 04:35 pm
  • Podcast: ‘Data tells us India, at its core, is conservative – even fundamentalist’

    Podcast: ‘Data tells us India, at its core, is conservative – even fundamentalist’

    Smitha Nair
    · Dec 24, 2021 · 07:30 am
  • Is there a Hindu bias in India’s secular Constitution? A 2005 academic paper suggests as much

    Is there a Hindu bias in India’s secular Constitution? A 2005 academic paper suggests as much

    Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi
    · Feb 02, 2020 · 05:30 pm
  • Readers’ comments: Non-Hindus should not be employed in Hindu temples, it hurts devotees’ sentiments

    Readers’ comments: Non-Hindus should not be employed in Hindu temples, it hurts devotees’ sentiments

    Scroll
    · Aug 30, 2019 · 07:30 pm
  • Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

    Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

    Harsh Mander
    · Jan 14, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Ola says it is a secular platform after social media user cancels on Muslim driver

    Ola says it is a secular platform after social media user cancels on Muslim driver

    Scroll Staff
    · Apr 22, 2018 · 09:23 pm
  • ‘Secular’ is a lie, government can’t be run by one way of prayer, says Adityanath

    ‘Secular’ is a lie, government can’t be run by one way of prayer, says Adityanath

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 14, 2017 · 09:57 am
  • Proposal to remove M from AMU, H from BHU shows that India doesn’t really understand secularism

    Proposal to remove M from AMU, H from BHU shows that India doesn’t really understand secularism

    Shiv Visvanathan
    · Oct 11, 2017 · 06:30 am
  • It’s time to drop the words ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ from India’s political discourse

    It’s time to drop the words ‘secular’ and ‘liberal’ from India’s political discourse

    Keshava Guha
    · Nov 29, 2016 · 08:00 am