Prof Gurharpal Singh, Democracy and religious minorities in India: A long-term view
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 21/05/2014

This Inaugural Lecture by Professor Gurharpal Singh was given on 30th April 2014 at SOAS, University of London

Is Indian democracy unique in accommodating religious diversity?  As the country approaches another critical election, this lecture takes a long-term view of how religious diversity and has been managed and why some religious minorities continues to be marginalised, excluded and suffer high levels of violence.

Prof. Gurharpal Singh is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and professor of Inter-religious Relations and Development. He is a political scientist specialising on Indian politics and religions and development. He is the author of Ethnic Conflict in India, The Partition of India (co-authored with Ian Talbot), and Sikhs in Britain (co-authored with Darshan Tatla).

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