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We, the People, and Our Constitution
Publisher:
Speaking tiger
| Author:
Neera Chandhoke
| Language:
English
| Format:
Paperback
Publisher:
Speaking tiger
Author:
Neera Chandhoke
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
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The foundational ideas of Indian democracy—fraternity, equality, secularism,
justice—are not alien concepts. As this book shows, from the earliest attempt
with the ‘Constitution of India Bill’ in 1895, whose authorship is unknown,
to the 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill, the Motilal Nehru Constitutional
Draft of 1928 and various Congress resolutions to the Constituent Assembly
of 1946, we see these basic ideas reiterated again and again. With the adoption
of the Constitution, ‘we, the people’ merely affirmed our faith in an idea of
freedom that thousands of Indians had fought and died for.
Among the many distinguishing features of our Constitution is the role it
has played in realizing the promises of the freedom struggle. We see how,
creative interpretations by the judiciary aside, it has provided the blueprint for
interventions by civil society to protect the citizen from both the brazenness
of political power as well as the uncertainties of a developing economy. No
wonder, then, that in the decades since Independence, the Constitution has
become our very identity as Indians. For all its shortcomings, it has held our
democracy together, and the people have, likewise, stepped up in its defence
when needed, like they did in 2019 to protest the ominous amendments to
the Citizenship Act.
In this lucid yet passionately argued essay, distinguished scholar of political
science Neera Chandhoke shows us why our Constitution is as much a
political and moral document as it is a legal one, and as Indian as the republic
it created.
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The foundational ideas of Indian democracy—fraternity, equality, secularism,
justice—are not alien concepts. As this book shows, from the earliest attempt
with the ‘Constitution of India Bill’ in 1895, whose authorship is unknown,
to the 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill, the Motilal Nehru Constitutional
Draft of 1928 and various Congress resolutions to the Constituent Assembly
of 1946, we see these basic ideas reiterated again and again. With the adoption
of the Constitution, ‘we, the people’ merely affirmed our faith in an idea of
freedom that thousands of Indians had fought and died for.
Among the many distinguishing features of our Constitution is the role it
has played in realizing the promises of the freedom struggle. We see how,
creative interpretations by the judiciary aside, it has provided the blueprint for
interventions by civil society to protect the citizen from both the brazenness
of political power as well as the uncertainties of a developing economy. No
wonder, then, that in the decades since Independence, the Constitution has
become our very identity as Indians. For all its shortcomings, it has held our
democracy together, and the people have, likewise, stepped up in its defence
when needed, like they did in 2019 to protest the ominous amendments to
the Citizenship Act.
In this lucid yet passionately argued essay, distinguished scholar of political
science Neera Chandhoke shows us why our Constitution is as much a
political and moral document as it is a legal one, and as Indian as the republic
it created.
About Author
Neera Chandhoke is
Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Equity Studies,
New Delhi. She was formerly Professor of Political Science and the Director
of Developing Countries Research Centre at the University of Delhi. Some
of her recent books include Violence in Our Bones (2021), Rethinking
Pluralism,
Secularism, Tolerance: Anxieties of Co-Existence (2019), Democracy and
Revolutionary
Politics (2015) and Contested Secessions (2012). She is a frequent
contributor to
print and online publications such as The Hindu, The Wire, The Indian
Express and
The Tribune.
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