Talk to an Indian or listen to any Indian official, especially the Indian politicians and they would make you believe India is a secular state. If you look at the Indian Constitution, again you would think that India is a secular state. But on a closer scrutiny of Indian politics, the myth of sec- ularism crumbles faster than Bal Thackeray's tolerance for the Muslims and Pakistanis. Just like 60 years ago when most of the Hindu extremists were pursuing the creed of Hindutva, today even, more Indians are embracing this intolerant theological dream.
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