11-27-2005, 01:27 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Nov 26 2005, 10:37 PM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Nov 26 2005, 10:37 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> And I am sure that atleast Doordarshan uses Dharma Nirpeksha to translate Secularism.
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I remember to have read somewhere that, while the Indian Constitution was first translated into the Rashtra Bhasha, the Senior Singhvi objected to the translation of the word 'secularism' as <i>dharma</i>nirpekshata and represented to Mrs. Indira Gandhi that the word 'pantha nirpekshata would be more suitable; Mrs Gandhi seemed to have agreed with him
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I remember to have read somewhere that, while the Indian Constitution was first translated into the Rashtra Bhasha, the Senior Singhvi objected to the translation of the word 'secularism' as <i>dharma</i>nirpekshata and represented to Mrs. Indira Gandhi that the word 'pantha nirpekshata would be more suitable; Mrs Gandhi seemed to have agreed with him