Secularism and constitutionality
- New Delhi Uppal Publishing House 1988
- 96 p.
A voltile matter remains vociferous when you do a Volte-face to it. A piece of beauty re mains a joy for ever as long as its value is not converted by empirical standards of mundane assessment of momemtary loss or gain.
In the land of the Buddha and Gandhi men and women ever remained the foremost aspects of Godliness and humanism the only religion. Secularism to-day although looks like a mere periferial aspect; inspired the founding fathers of the Constitution to enshrine Articles 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29, as also Articles 16, 17 and 21 as Fundamental Rights for future amity, under standing and of course for Secularism.
The Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act and the Minerva Mill's case further fortified the position, the former by inserting Secularism in the Preamble to the Constitution and the later declaring Secularism as one of the basic struc tures of the Constitution.
Many would be unwilling to touch the subject Secularism, even with a pair of tongs, but the erudite author went deep into it with a mission ary zeal and handled the subject with palliative and healing touches. It is the author's indomi table faith in the Constitutionality and pro found knowledge in the Constitution, that made him bold.