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Indian Society

Faith, friction and the state: religion, communalism and Indian secularism

Religion as social glue, communalism as political poison, and secularism as India’s indigenous answer, the GS-1 trinity, decoded with PYQs.

27 September 2026 · 35 min read

World History

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: The French Revolution That Refused to Die

The French Revolution invented the modern nation, popular sovereignty, and secularism, and exported them at bayonet point. Why 1789 still shapes democracy, human rights, and nationalism today.

27 September 2026 · 12 min read

Polity

Against Exploitation, for Faith: Articles 23 to 28

Articles 23 to 28 decoded: the war on trafficking, begar and child labour, the architecture of religious freedom, and India's model of principled-distance secularism.

27 September 2026 · 29 min read

Polity

Salient features of the Indian Constitution: why no other constitution looks like it

The longest written constitution in the world, decoded: its borrowed sources, its quasi-federal design, parliamentary republic, rights architecture, and the philosophy of socialism and secularism underneath.

27 September 2026 · 37 min read