{"product_id":"we-the-people-and-our-neera-chandhoke-9789354476709","title":"We, the People, and Our Constitution","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neera Chandhoke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354476708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354476709\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\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Neera Chandhoke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800814334207,"sku":"9789354476709","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-the-people-and-our-neera-chandhoke-9789354476709","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}