1. SECULARISM AND ITS DIFFERENT FACETS 2. SECULAR IMPRINTS IN MODERN INDIA: PRE-INDEPENDENCE 3. SECULAR IDEALS IN INDIAN CONSTITUTION 4. WESTERN SECULARISM : AMERICAN MODEL 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIAN SECULARISM 6. COMPARSION OF INDIAN SECULARISM WITH THAT OF WESTERN SECULARISM 7. THEORIES ON SECULARISM: GANDHIAN PERSPECTIVE 8. THEORIES ON SECULARISM: NEHRUVIAN PERSPECTIVE 9. ADVANTAGE OF BEING A SECULAR STATE 10. CHALLENGES AND THREATS TO SECULARISM 11. STEPS TAKEN TO PROMOTE SECULARISM 12. CASES RELATED TO UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA 13. SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE SECULAR CREDENTIALS