Fundamentalism in Politics

Some understand fundamentalism (hereafter F for convenience)
as orthodoxy, others as a form o f  puritanism, yet others as obscurantism
or even fanaticism. We may thus refer to two types o f  Fundamentalism,
one positive (F+) and one negative (F-), the former tolerant and the 
latter intolerant or even hostile. The author analyses fundamentalism
from the perspective o f  Indian politics and suggests some positive steps 
to deal with it.