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Minority: 'Minority' is a construction of the modern state. The latter, being predicated on the idea of 'nation', marginalizes and alienates the communities that, for one reason or another, cannot identify themselves with the nation. The state of being marginalised, alienated and to a large extent derogated is inherent with in the very etymology of 'minority'. It implies something minor as opposed to major, subordinate as opposed to super ordinate or dominant, hence less important. Minority does not necessarily have to do with numbers, but is rather a matter of status, role and, more importantly, access to power and resources. Thus one might be a minority in ethnic, religious, linguistic, gender or, for that matter, sexual terms. Religious Minorities: Religious Minority means specific religious group who are ignorable in number status and role. In this essay I have focused on the religious minorities in our country and their rights. There are 4 religions...

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