Secularism is the curtailment of religious control over social institutions, not the absence of religion from society. It is when our primary identit… - Romila Thapar

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Secularism is the curtailment of religious control over social institutions, not the absence of religion from society. It is when our primary identity is of equal citizens of the nation, not as belonging to a particular religion or caste. But the Indian definition of secularism is limited to the coexistence of many religions which is incomplete because some religions can still be marginalised as they are.