An analysis of selective aspects of India’s constitutional identity, this book provides an analytical account of the changing and changed texture of India’s

"Argues that a constitution acquires an identity through experience--from a mix of the political aspirations and commitments that express a nation's past and th

An Economist Best Book of the Year How India’s Constitution came into being and instituted democracy after independence from British rule. Britain’s justifi

This book provides an overview of the content and functioning of the Indian Constitution, with an emphasis on the broader socio-political context. It focuses on

The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts. Its birth, over six decades ago, signalled the arrival of the first ma