Book Summary of Communal Challenge And Secular Response : Ours is a bewilderingly diverse country and balanced approach to complex religious and minority issues is a must for a balanced polity and communal peace. The author is well known for his balanced, objective and scientific approach to communal problems. The essays written by him on minority issues, secularism, communalism and communal conflict from time to time, included in this volume, should be of great interest to scholars, researchers and those interested in these issues. The communal situation in the country makes this book all the more relevant and of great use in restoring communal balance. Table of Contents : Introduction ,Democracy and its Problems in Developing Countries, Communalism and Communal Violence Communalism and Communal Violence-1998, Communalism and Communal Violence-1999, Communal Riots-2000, The Politics of Arrest of Bal Thackeray, Srikrishna Commission Report-Will it be implemented?, Kanpur Riots-A Wake Up Call, Punishing Guilty Police Officers in Mumbai Riots, Malegaon Riots-A New Era of Violence?, A Brief Survey of Communal Situation in the Post Babri-Demolition Period, Communal Riots-2001, BJP's Riot-Free India, Gujarat-An Area of Darkness, Role of Police in Gujarat Carnage, Communal Violence and Role of Civil Society Composite Culture, Secularism and Communal Harmony Composite Culture-Celebration of Indian Unity, Demeaning Secularism, On Inter-Religious and Intercultural Dialogue, Twentyfirst Century, Religion and Peace, Nation-State, Religion and Identity, The Congress, Secularism and Minorities, Islam and Secularism, Nationalism, Communalism and Twentieth Century, Vajpayee's Statements and Medieval History, Plurality or Polarity?, All is not lost in Gujarat, Gujarat Carnage-Implications for Secularism BJP, The Sangh Parivar and the Minorities Media and Minorities, India, Minoritie