Laicite (secularism) and the Indian way December 22, 2020, 9:14 PM IST
Sunil Sharan is the author of three books: (i) Lockdown: India Under Siege from Corona, published by RosettaBooks; (ii) Modi 2.0: Beyond the Ordinary, to be published by Bloomsbury on 18 April, 2021; and (iii) How I Came to Christ, to be published by Wipf and Stock in 2021. LESS. MORE
Laicite has assumed massive proportions in the world, especially in the French context. India, like France, is wed to
laicite. I too am an avowed secularist. But there are things about the way laicite is practiced in India that have led to the emergence of the Hindu right-wing.