In Search of Integration and Identity-Indian Muslims since Independence

Indian Muslims since Independence Mushirul Hasan After forty years of independence India's secular experiment needs to be reviewed as a pointer to other plural societies in Asia and Africa endeavouring to tackle their ethnic, regional and religious problems, and its results assessed in relation to Indian Muslims who form the largest minority segment in the country. Jawaharlal Nehru's secular model and the strategy of multi-national integration, the author argues, may still be the answer to India's communal impasse, for the secular state and society has far more than an even chance of survival in India.