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New Delhi: It becomes impossible to ignore — when a centuries-old Deepam lighting ritual in Tamil Nadu is projected as a threat to communal harmony, while political attempts to resurrect the Babri Masjid narrative in West Bengal are met with studied silence — as an uncomfortable truth. What is being played out is not a defence of secularism, but its selective application. The contrasting responses to these two issues expose how secularism in contemporary Indian politics has increasingly become a matter of convenience — invoked, ignored, or weaponised depending on electoral needs.

The Deepam lighting controversy at Thiruparankundram is a case in point. Lighting lamps during Karthigai Deepam is a cultural practice deeply e

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