Sriya Iyer on the Economics of Religion in India
Ideas of India
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The Ino Caste and Hinduism in India
Hinduism is practised by the majority of indians, about 80% or which a very large number. The moslem communities were allowed to have their own religious practices when it came to marriage and adoption and inheritance. There was no uniform civil code, as we call it in india. Now, what ies that due in terms of religious competition? So if one were to impose a uniform civilCode, how does that ange the sort of competition between sects of hinduism, but also hinduism with other religions? Does it increase? It does it decrease? It does the nature of the religious provisioning change? And so on so forth.
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