Managing Diversity in the Multicultural Framework of India

Adil Bashir Parry (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)

East Asian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (EAJMR)
Vol. 1 No. 3 (2022): April 2022

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.