Communal Politics in India: Secular Nationalism, Identity-Based Aspirations, and the Politics of Grievance The persistence of communal politics in India poses a critical question for scholars of political science: does it signify the failure of secular nationalism to accommodate identity-based aspirations within the democratic framework, or is it instead the product of deeper structural forces … Continue reading Comment on the view that communal politics in India represents a failure of secular nationalism in addressing identity-based aspirations. Elucidate the role of economic disparities, cultural pluralism, and historical grievances in fuelling regionalist and communalist politics in India.