lol.. left, right secular all concept originated in west only.. not in india...Lmao that was not written by a "leftist sickular" of India. It was written by an Anglo, probably a Christian and a few other Anglo Christians have also written about this subject.

Will post a pic soon.
This is a recent phenomenon, especially from the early 80s (coincidentally around the time of the Afghan War!)
Also your statement regarding the backward and rigid caste system that we had is also correct. Now things are changing fast, thankfully. 