A secular agenda : For saving our country, for welding it
- New Delhi Rupa & Co. 2007
- 376p
Introduction One nation? 1. "But we aren't even one nation"; 2. Yes, India is different; 3. Not just Macaulay's offspring; 4. An example of the consequences; 5. Will amnesia build a nation ? 6. Nationalism: Things to do; Matters of religion 7. Getting down to specifics; 8. What are "matters of religion"? 9. The real character of institutions; The Shariat and the Common Civil Code 10. Sacrosanct? Since when ?? 11. Why was the Bill necessary at all ? 12. But what is the "Shariat" ? 13. What was the hullabaloo about? 14. Bound by a thing of this sort ? 15. How is religion endangered? 16. Common Civil Code: The Founding Fathers' Intent; 17. Common Civil Code: The way ahead; Kya "voh ghiste ghiste ghis jaayegi"? 18. Voh "ghiste ghiste ghis jaayegi" 19. Article 370: Behind the Curtain; 20. A device that undermines itself; 21. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses; 22. A vital reform; 23. No time to relent; A country or a waste-paper basket ? 24. A country or a waste-paper basket ? 25. A telling contrast; 26. How countries kill themselves; 27. Entangling them’; 28. A Note, begets a Note, begets a ... 29. "We beg of the Prime Minister… 30. "Not able to sort of count them" 31. The real problem, the real solution; Appendix I: A SECULAR 1 Problem of Infiltration from Bangladesh Appendix II: Migration: Secularism vs. Fundamentalism Hindu-Muslim relations 32. The journey of a thousand miles; 33. Vital distinctions; 34. IS'A Grand Reconciliation' what we need? The Secularists' discourse 35. The poor chaps ! 36. From Aliens to the Alienated; 37. Read before you quote; Index.