Pluralistic Society

Abstract

India is a land of pluralities. India is a country with world’s second largest population, India represents endless variety of physical features, linguistic groups, cultural patterns, caste and religious divisions. Pluralism is a political philosophy holding that people of different backgrounds, beliefs, and life style can co-exist in the same society and equally participate in political process. Framework of Indian Constitution shows that it is possible to respect cultural diversity without damaging the nation. This paper discusses how people belongs to different categories exist together. This paper also shows that country like India where multicultural, plural societies, multi-ethnic exist so how social justice, political democracy and economic progress can be achieved through accommodation of diverse identities and interests.1