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India is a secular State. What do you do as an individual to promote secularism?

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Here is the answer to your question.

India is a secular country as the Indian Constitution provides fundamental rights that allow individuals to practice their own religion and live by their own religious beliefs. Citizens have the freedom to interpret religious teachings differently and exit from their religion. The Constitution provides for the separation of the powers of religion and the State. The State does not have any religion of its own and is expected to not discriminate between its citizens on this ground. According to the Constitution, the objectives of a secular state are:
  1. that one religious community does not dominate another
  2. that some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community
  3. that the State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals.
The Indian state functions to uphold secularism in many ways. The offices of government institutions are not supposed to display any sign of religious affiliation. The Indian state practices non-interference in religious matters in order to respect religious sentiments.  This includes making an exception for certain religions in matters of faith. However, the state also interferes to eliminate discrimination in certain cases, e.g. abolishing untouchability.

As an individual, you can promote secularism as

1. An individual should not discriminate between citizens on the basis of religion.
2. An individual should not offer equal opportunity to people of all religion to obtain official positions and accept the facts.
3. An individual should provide equal access to people of all religions to all official schemes that government regulates.

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