Abstract

Abstract This article analyses the nature of ethnic cleavages in India and their role in shaping the interaction between the civil society and the state. It emphasises that the eruption of ethnic conflict in India is a sequel to the rise of state authoritarianism and the decline of political institutions. The hiatus between an authoritarian state and a basically democratic and plural society is the wot cause of ethnic tensions in India. The article also discusses some of the ethnic problems that the country is facing at present and the strategies adopted by the national leadership in dealing with them. It also throws into saliency the challenges that the ethnic conflict poses to the Indian state and suggests such legal, constitutional, structural and policy changes as can help in managing ethnic conflict more effectively.

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