The Secular Straitjacket
The main thesis of Abhinav Chandrachud’s is that the structure of Indian secularism was built by a hypocritical, imperial British state which separated itself from Indian religions more from revulsion than principle. While England had an established religion, no religion was established in India. English government officials were entangled with the administration of churches, but kept away from the management of Indian temples. The colonial state prevented conversions
