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Political Parties, Civil Society Movements and the Church I. What are Civil Society Movements? The term ―civil society today is increasingly used…
A Post-Colonial, Post-Modern Christian Critique of the Events of the 19th and 20th Century in India An age of transition: The urgent…
Secularism, Minority Rights, Freedom of Religion and Conversion The term ‗Secular’ had been inserted into the Preamble to the Constitution in 1976…
Fundamentalism and Communalism Fundamentalism: The dictionary defines the word fundamentalism as ‗a form of Protestant Christianity which promotes the belief that the…
Reform and Independence Movements: DALITS A Dalit is not considered to be part of the human society, but something, which is beyond…
Reform and Independence Movements: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) It is also one of the secular and political ideologies of India. The DMK…
Religio-Political & Secular Movements: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) was established in 1966 at Allahabad. It was founded as…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (R.S.S.) Keshub Baliram Hedgewar is the founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was born on 1st April 1889 to…
Bhoodan Movement Following the death of Gandhi in 1948, Acharya Vinoba Bhave (Vinayak Narapuri) took over the leadership. Under his insistence, the…
Sarvodaya Movement Sarvodaya Movement Sarvodaya is a term meaning ‘Universal Uplift’ or ‘Progress of All’. ‘Sarvodaya’, the word, in ancient literature, might…
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamaat-e-Islami is an Islamic organisation in India, founded as an offshoot of the Jamaat-eIslami, which split into separate independent organisations…
Religio-Political and Secular Movements: Muslim League History In general, the Muslim community from the beginning opposed Western education, culture and rule because…
