{"product_id":"we-the-people-and-our-constitution-paperback-1","title":"We, the People, and Our Constitution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeera Chandhoke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foundational ideas of Indian democracy-fraternity, equality, secularism, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejustice-are not alien concepts. As this book shows, from the earliest attempt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the 'Constitution of India Bill' in 1895, whose authorship is unknown, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill, the Motilal Nehru Constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDraft of 1928 and various Congress resolutions to the Constituent Assembly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof 1946, we see these basic ideas reiterated again and again. With the adoption\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Constitution, 'we, the people' merely affirmed our faith in an idea of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efreedom that thousands of Indians had fought and died for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the many distinguishing features of our Constitution is the role it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas played in realizing the promises of the freedom struggle. We see how, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreative interpretations by the judiciary aside, it has provided the blueprint for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einterventions by civil society to protect the citizen from both the brazenness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof political power as well as the uncertainties of a developing economy. No\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewonder, then, that in the decades since Independence, the Constitution has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome our very identity as Indians. For all its shortcomings, it has held our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemocracy together, and the people have, likewise, stepped up in its defence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen needed, like they did in 2019 to protest the ominous amendments to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Citizenship Act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lucid yet passionately argued essay, distinguished scholar of political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escience Neera Chandhoke shows us why our Constitution is as much a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical and moral document as it is a legal one, and as Indian as the republic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit created.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53753841713459,"sku":"9789354476709","price":43.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/HyylcQV91p9789354476709_6b40d363-0935-4f65-a9b2-d63f94be26aa.webp?v=1785295620","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/we-the-people-and-our-constitution-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}