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Not to pick on this person, but we make these nonsensical statements like "Hindus are inherently secular."
"Secular" is not an attribute of people but of the State. It means separation of Church & State. It does not mean, plural, tolerant, accepting or some imaginary definition.
"Secular" is not an attribute of people but of the State. It means separation of Church & State. It does not mean, plural, tolerant, accepting or some imaginary definition.
I do use "secular" as an attribute of people—but only to mock those who call themselves "secular."
The Indian state, of course, is not secular. "India is a religious apartheid state." (My actual title of this article before Rediff changed it).
m.rediff.com/amp/news/colum…
The Indian state, of course, is not secular. "India is a religious apartheid state." (My actual title of this article before Rediff changed it).
m.rediff.com/amp/news/colum…
It's a Western-origin word. Why imagine that it means Sarva Dharma Sambhava, whatever that means? If you mean the latter, let us debate what that phrase means. It doesn't mean "secular."
There are two more fallacies. In India "seculars" have used "communal" as the "other." But ask seculars what communal means, and you will never get a straight answer. Because this is another made-up word in India. Communal simply means "of the community", like a communal well.
Of course, the actual Indian usage of these terms is something that the "seculars" would never admit to, but you can test it in all their utterances. In India,
"Secularism"=#ChristoIslamism.
Whatever advances #ChristoIslam is "secular" else it is "communal." Try it.
"Secularism"=#ChristoIslamism.
Whatever advances #ChristoIslam is "secular" else it is "communal." Try it.
Sometimes Indian academics makes up things like "majority communalism is worse than minority communalism" but again it is nonsense, because they will never define what communalism means.
So, answer this. Why is this word "communal" not used in the West in the way India uses it?
So, answer this. Why is this word "communal" not used in the West in the way India uses it?
Bonus question. "Communal" in India is a negative word, in the West, it mostly means of the community, it is a positive thing. What is the word in the West which would have the same meaning as communal does in India?
