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Karan Dev
@Karan.Dev · 1:06
India- A secular nation; Why it needs to remain secular- reporting live from the All India Professionals Congress
The panelists for this discussion are Matthew Anthony, who is the President of the IPC, and Karan Karan, who is the national spokesperson of the Congress Party. Now we're doing an initiation right here on Swell. And I'm going to be bringing you the different points of view of the attendees. And I'm hoping to really bring this event to life right here on Swell
Paul OMahony
@omaniblog · 4:28
Warning that I'm, a guy who does not understand the politics in India, has a little bit of knowledge about history, but a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Noticing the relations between Hindus and Muslims and what seems to me to be the pretty recent effort by the Hindu side to make sure that Muslims are suppressed
I think religious acceptance is probably what's more apt. The issue with the word tolerance is something that is more rightly put by Janinda in his nationalist theory that's based on the majorities and minorities is that essentially the majority in a way believes that they represent the nation, and hence religious tolerance does not apply to the majority but to the minorities, which is what we're seeing happening right now
Kaisar Dopaishi
@kaisar · 0:13
There appears to be different versions to the term secularism. How do those versions fit into the pluralistic and diverse? India
Karan Dev
@Karan.Dev · 1:26
And I thought the energy in the room was amazing. Karan has like, he's really kind of amazing to hear somebody who's a TV celebrity see them live in front of you, but also answer questions about something that is seen really as a dead end topic in India today. The question of secularism. What I really liked is the fact that he was saying that this is something that we've been proud of, that our ancestors have sort of handed over to us as a legacy
Binati Sheth
@Binati_Sheth · 3:53
And when I say we, I mean online discourse. Right. So discussions of secularism always come to light when there is some communal discussion happening or some kind of reactionary discussion to some religion related event that happens. I think that is the issue that we as a country have never gotten together and discussed what secularism means for each other. So when we do end up discussing secularism on a broader front, it just turns into a shouting match because these discussions are being controlled by politicians right now
Paul OMahony
@omaniblog · 1:15
We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign, socialist, secular, Democratic Republic, and to secure to all its citizens justice, social, economic and political Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship, equality of status and opportunity, and to promote among them all fraternity, assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation in our Constituent Assembly, this 26th day of November, 1949, do hereby adopt and act and give to ourselves this Constitution