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    In India, there are a number of religions that are living under the same sovereign means the “Constitutions of India”. Constitution provides fundamental rights and legal rights to the citizens and every person who is living in India.   The majority religion in India is Hindu dharma and in Hindu dharma, there are many gods or goddesses. Different sects of Hindu dharma preach different gods or goddesses and every sect has there one KULDEVI or KULDEVTA. When we talk about West Bengal’s people, they preach KALI MATA and in North India, most Hindus preach GAURI MATA. Ramakrishna Paramhansa who was known as GURU of Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramhansa was an Indian Hindu mystic and religious leader who lived in the 19th century Bengal. He was the devotee of KALI MATA and once he said that "I do not worship Kali made of clay and straw. My Mother is the conscious principle. My Mother is pure Satchidananda — Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute. That which is infinite a...

Are you a citizen of Secular India or a puppet of religion? Does ‘oneness’ is superior or religion is? Why secularism is misused so much? Why do you think that secularism and Islam are not compatible? Recently an advertisement aroused an uproar in the commercial market and various online platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. when Tanishq jewelers launched an advertisement showing a bond between a Muslim mother-in-law and her Hindu pregnant daughter-in-law. In this ad, the th eme is related to promoting and understanding inter-religious faith by holding a ceremony of a baby shower which is Hindu faith practice and not celebrated by Muslims. Why this issue became so tensed that the company has to take down the advertisement for the safety of its employees and staff? Is it right, that on one hand we want unity and equality for all religions and on the other hand, people's sentiments get hurt when unity is portrayed in some way?   As, one set of the viewers of the adver...

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court that sought the deletion and re-motion of two terms namely 'Secular' and 'Socialist' from the Preamble of our Indian Constitution. This plea has been filed by two Advocates namely Balram Singh and Karunesh Kumar Shukla and one social worker Pravesh Kumar. Before discussing the various aspects of the petition and analyzing the same, several questions have been aroused that needs attention. Whether socialist and secular are just political thoughts? Whether being secular is in contradiction with the republican nature of the Indian Constitution? Whether secular is a mark of modernity? Whether being secular refused the recognition of religious sentiments of people? Whether the socialistic and democratic state of India is antithetical to Republic Bharat? Recently, the petition filed in Supreme Court challenged the inclusion of two terms in the Indian Constitution which were inserted by way of 42nd Constitutional Amendment in 1976 ...

RELIGION VERSUS FAITH INDIAN SECULARISM: A COMPENDIUM OUTLOOK ON RELIGION & FAITH INTRODUCTION TO INDIA’S SECULAR APPROACH- We are well versed with the very fact that our India is well known for its richness in cultural, religious and linguistic spectrum. However, by way of 42 nd Amendment in 1950, India was declared as the secular state [herein referred to as ‘India’] that signifies the freedom guaranteed to Indian citizens to practice any religion. But on the other hand, this freedom is subject to public morality, social reform and health as well. For instance, the practice of ‘Sati’ cannot be followed in name of freedom of religion. Despite of clear inclusion of ‘secularism’ into the Indian Constitution, there is no wall of separation between religion and state. The only rationale behind incorporation of ‘secularism’ was to treat all the religious persuasion equally. India’s concept of secularism has been interpreted and established by various judicial pronouncements....