Managing Diversity in the Multicultural Framework of India

Adil Bashir Parry

doi:10.55927/eajmr.v1i3.107

Authors

Adil Bashir Parry Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55927/eajmr.v1i3.107

Keywords:

Diversity, Minorities, Accommodation, Constitution

Abstract

After India got independence from the British rule in 1947, the main challenge for the makers of the new constitution was the successful management of the vast ethno-cultural, religious and linguistic diversity of the country. Accommodating minorities in a way that respects their distinctive identity was indeed a great task for constitutional makers. The paper, therefore, intends to study the role of Indian constitution in protecting the deep-rooted diversity of India. It seeks a detailed analysis of the general and specific provisions of the constitution that guarantees the minorities not only a safe survival but their empowerment as well. The study found Indian constitution a multicultural document that ensures minorities a dignified status by conferring them some special rights available only to them.

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