“Dams are the temples of secular India and almost worshipped. They are huge, wet cement flags that wave in our minds. They're the symbol of nationalism to many.” MindHugeIndiaWaveSymbolsTemplesNationalismFlagsWetSecularCementDams Author:Arundhati Roy
“If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.” IfsSpiritualReligiousYouthIndiaInstructionSecularBankruptcy Book:India of My Dreams Source: India of My Dreams
“Buddha is the crown jewel of the Indian nation which accepts all ways of worship of all religions. This quality of Hinduism in India was a product of many great spiritual masters chief among them was Buddha. And this is what sustains the secular character of India.” WayCharacterSpiritualMotivationNationsQualityAcceptingMastersProductsWorshipIndiaChiefsIndianHinduismCrownsSecularJewelsGreat SpiritualSpiritual MastersCrown Jewels Author:Narendra Modi
“India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swedes.” WorldCountryAmericaReligiousIndiaSecularSweden Author:Peter L. Berger
“In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, nursing, crude dentistry, even bodily functions. In the secular West, where nothing is sacred, everything seems hidden; yet in Asia, where nothing is hidden, everything is sacred.” HomeSeemsPrayerSleepMillionsStreetsEventsParticularEatingIndiaFunctionSacredWestSecularAsiaNursingCrudeDentistryBodily Functions Author:Steve McCurry
“For India, Kashmir lends credibility to its secular nationalist image.” IndiaSecularCredibilityKashmir Author:Nyla Ali Khan
“As far as the public is concerned, India is amazingly secular.” ConcernedIndiaSecular Author:Shahrukh Khan
“The Muslim population in India is, largely speaking, not radicalised. From the beginning, they were always very secular-minded.” IndiaPopulationSecular Author:Salman Rushdie
“In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word 'religion.'” PeopleLife IsFoundReligiousLandIndiaWesternDistinctionDivisionSecularClergymenLayman Author:Virchand Gandhi