What Is Meant By Secular State?
Then we got another opportunity and dared to put forward this question: India or any other democratic country is a democratic, sovereign, republic, and secular state. These are the words that we very often use. Ours is a secular state. All newspapers say this. One party charges the other party of being non-secular. This being the season of elections, people are busy making mutual accusations, allegations, charges, and counter-charges, full of abuses, using the most filthy language ever possible. That is what we find in the newspapers that engage our attention throughout the day. (Though far from representing the truth, I like to read the papers for myself because it is also some kind of a change. Therefore, I do read the newspapers.) So when I asked this question, what is meant by secular state? Bhagavan said, “What do you mean by that? First you tell me what you understand. He said this because He wants to take the least opportunity to say I am wrong. Very good! Well, in fact, I often
