Democracy Never Possible Without Secularism: Javed Akhtar | Read

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Well known poet and writer Javed Akhtar on Tuesday said democracy could never be possible without secularism. "We are very blessed. We keep complaining, but we must be thankful for our constitution which gives us democracy," he said in the Rajya Sabha while sharing his experiences in the upper house during the past six years.

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