This article that frames the problem of secularism, democracy and communalism in India with specific reference to the rise of Hindu nationalism.

The writer of the article, Sharma argues “As the American relationship with India deepens, U.S. policy makers and observers will have to accept that India is not now and has never been a liberal democracy.”

Link to article: http://www.nationalinterest.org/feature/the-myth-liberal-india-14103