{"product_id":"dalits-and-the-indian-constitution-anand-teltumbde-9789363362420","title":"Dalits and the Indian Constitution","description":"\u003cp\u003e'It is perfectly possible to pervert the Constitution, without changing its form, by merely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging the form of the administration.'-B.R. Ambedkar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalits and the Indian Constitution asks a stark question: what has the Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactually done for the community most closely identified with its emancipatory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epromise-and where has it failed? In the lucid, argument-led cadence of this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseries, Anand Teltumbde moves from nationalist politics and the making of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitution to its most consequential provisions-abolition of untouchability;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereservations in representation, education, and public employment; secularism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the everyday realities of impunity. He shows how constitutional ideals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emet entrenched social power, and why formal safeguards, without structural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echange, could not deliver substantive equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing fatalism and nostalgia alike, Teltumbde insists that 'constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emorality' must be cultivated through institutions that check arbitrary power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand transform social habits, not merely recite pieties. Drawing on historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edebate and contemporary evidence of discrimination, this compact monograph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esets out first principles and practicable directions to turn rights into realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear-eyed, rigorous, and deeply committed to the Preamble's promise, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalits and the Indian Constitution is essential reading for citizens, students, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolicymakers who want to recover the moral centre of India's democratic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anand Teltumbde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9363362426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789363362420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.45d","brand":"Anand Teltumbde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50546427035903,"sku":"9789363362420","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dalits-and-the-indian-constitution-anand-teltumbde-9789363362420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}