'ā nobhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvato ' Let good thoughts come from allaround; inspired by this timeless epic of Rigveda. India has presented anexcellent model of Multiculturalism to the world. The multiculturalist model ofthe West, as established by contemporary thinkers like Wilkymalika, is based onthe separate political existence of different cultural classes. However,India's cultural nationalism has shown how diverse cultures can co-exist with acommon socio-political thought over the centuries. Sakas, Huns, Kushans, Turks,Afghans, Iranians, and Mughals all got absorbed in Sanatan Indian culture.Notonly this, it also gave place to the different cultures to come and made themodel of coexistence alive. In the name of nationalities like French, Spanish,Portuguese, Polish, German, and Europe got divided into many nation states, butin India, Gujarati, Marathi, Telugu, Oriya, Bengali, Punjabi, Assamese, Tamil,Kannada, Malayalam nationalities were not divided into nation-states. Instead,coexistence has been made for thousands of years. India has maintainedMulticulturalism not only at the socio-cultural level but also at the politicallevel. Through federal structure, universal suffrage, constitutionallyguaranteed civil rights, with otherconstitutional institutions and provisions, multiculturalism is being addressedat the political level for a population of 13 million people . Thus, In India, Multiculturalism is notonly a political tool for diversity but also a socio-political concept.Therefore, Indian Multiculturalism presents a comprehensive, effective,and more sustainable model which have to be discussed .
Keywords: Coexistence, Indianculture, Multiculturalism, pluralism, Sanatan, sustainability.