If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     India and Secularism India's embattled secularism. (Holy Wars). Mukul Kesavan. The Wilson Quarterly Wntr 2003 v27 i1 p61(7) 1. What is a good definition of secularism? 2. Why can India be considered a patchwork state created by British colonialism? 3. How was religion subordinated to nationalism in pre-independence India? Why was this done? 4. Why is the Bharatiya Janata Party classified as a Hindu nationalist party? 5. How does the BJP threaten the secular nature of India?