GOOD ARTICLES
GOOD ARTICLES Secularism, embodies basic principles of harmony —the ethic of reciprocity. the golden rule, it mandates, “Do to others as you would want them to do to you.” The Constitution ensures this -- it mandates religious freedom but also constitutional sanction for state interference in religious affairs. The trouble is the unequal application of this sanction. This sanction is used for state administration of temples and maths, even legislation of who should be admitted into the temples. In dealing with minority religions, there are political constraints, But in respect of the majority, there is no political constraint. the state has taken over places of worship and collection of revenue from offerings of the majority religion, but not others. Moreover, such revenue can be redistributed for other purposes, including maintenance of institutions of other religions, even those which are opposed to the majority religion. This unequal treatment of religions by the state has crea