Early Leaders of an Independent India incorrectly believed that ancient Hinduism and the Muslim efforts of a theocracy based on Islam, would both surrender to secularisation. In the US, as a varied and new culture, the efforts of science to promote a secular thought process were in vain.

• Religious belief has seen a steady decline across the world.
• Close to 30% of people in Australia claim to have no religion, and countries like western Europe report low levels of religious commitment.
• Even in the U.S., the number of atheists has risen to 3%.

• Science and Religion were historically being studied in a 'conflict model' where theological and scientific views were put in loggerheads with each other.
• This contributed to a mistaken view of the past and led to a flawed conception of the future due to the expectations of secularis...