There is a misconception that "religion" means "dharma" in Hindi.
Religion is about a way of worshipping.
Dharma is the set of principles for upholding cosmic and personal order.
"Religion" means "panth" in Hindi.
"Panth" means a "sect" in English.
"Sect" means a group of people with somewhat different religious beliefs from those of a larger group to which they belong. However, in Hindi all the religious beliefs are treated as "sects".
Secularism is the philosophy of keeping religious and state matters separate or staying neutral to religious beliefs.
So in Hindi, "secularism" means "panth nirpeksh", not "dharm nirpeksh".
