000 00931nam a2200157Ia 4500
020 _a0143062050
082 _a211.6
_bAIY
100 _aAiyar, Mani Shankar
245 _aConfessions of a secular fundamentalist
260 _aNew Delhi
_bPenguin Books
_c2006
300 _axix,290p.
500 _aCONTENTS Author's Note ix Prologue: A Conversation with Arun Shourie xi 1. Secularism: An Overview 1 2. The Ideological Dimension 17 3. The Historical Dimension 38 4. The Constitutional and Legal Dimensions 86 5. Secularism in a Time of Communal Activism 127 6. Secularism and the Indian Religious Minorities 178 7. The External Dimension 204 8. In Conclusion: Why I am a Secular Fundamentalist 243 Appendix: Secular Answers to Communal Questions-A Catechism for Communalists 254 Notes 272 References 279 Index 283
890 _aIndia
891 _aCentre for Env. Plann. & Tech. Uni. (CEPT Uni.)
999 _c6147
_d6147