Debate in Parliament can’t violate the Constitution
While debating the glorious journey of 75 years of the Constitution, one should remember the words of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The committee headed by him examined the issue of minority…
Constitution Of India
Indian Constitutional Values: A Quranic Analysis
The Preamble to the Indian Constitution serves as a guiding light, encapsulating the fundamental values that underpin the Indian Republic. These values – democracy, secularism, justice, equality, liberty, and fraternity…
Should Constitution of India be protected?
The special debate in both houses of parliament on the occasion of 75 yrs of glorious journey of India’s constitution sadly ended with fracas on Parliament premises. Both NDA and…
Indianness of Indian Constitution
As Yogendra Yadav points out in the latest of his thought-provoking commentaries on the current issues in our politics,(INDIAN EXPRESS December 16) the BJP has to walk on a tightrope…
The 75 years journey of the Indian Constitution
2024 marks the 75th anniversary of Indian constitution. The new Constitution of independent India was adopted on 26 November 1949. It came into effect from 26 January, 1950. Hence 2024-25…
75 Years Down the line, whither Indian Constitution?
The Indian Parliament spent two days discussing the Indian Constitution. While the opposition leaders argued that our Constitution has a large space for enhancement of the rights of weaker sections…
A Missed Opportunity for Introspection on the 75th Anniversary of the Indian Constitution
On the occasion of the 75th year of the implementation of the Indian Constitution, a four-day discussion was held in both Houses of Parliament. This was a golden opportunity for…
Secularism: A Value in the Indian Constitution and its Protection by the Judiciary
Recent judgments by the Supreme Court have further clarified the concept of secularism. The court emphasized that secularism, as enshrined in the Indian Constitution, is not a Western notion but…
Rahul Gandhi’s Save Constitution Pitch wins people’s hearts
Rahul Gandhi's emphasis on saving the Constitution in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has worked wonders for the Indian National Congress. By organizing seminars alongside rallies, first in Delhi, second…
Communalism Overtakes Constitution
(This long article of 2013 was published in the form of a booklet in 2014. While the country's Prime Minister is going to extremes in the election campaign and spewing…
Making of the Indian Constitution
The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India took place in the constitution Hall, New Delhi on Monday the 9th December, 1946 at eleven of the clock. Acharya J.B.…
No group has unrestrained power to change the Constitution
Can they change the Constitution of India? Why should they change, will they destroy of democracy and federal character? There were two serious attempts were made to ‘destroy the structure…
Campaign to Defend Constitution Launched
Watan Ki Raah Mein, Samvidhan Bachao Nagrik Abhiyan was launched on 1st May 2024 in Delhi, both on the ground and online. Various civil society groups and individuals came together…
BJP’s hollow love for the constitution
The BJP, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been making a determined effort in recent days to deny the Opposition's allegations that the party wants to…
BJP rule and threats to Indian Democracy and Constitution
The leaders of BJP, the ruling dispensation have been claiming to be winning more that 400 (370BJP +30 Allies) seats in the forthcoming parliamentary elections (Char sau paar) of 2024. …
No It Is Not Anant Kumar Hegde’s Mann Ki Baat It is BJP’s Dil ki Baat, Goodbye Constitution, Enter ManuCracy !
How BJP dreams to Usher In Hindu Rashtra Democratically ? Anantkumar Hegde, BJP MP from Uttari Karnataka, is again in the news. Close on the heels of his controversial statement…
Constitutional Challenges
In a short time from now, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is expected to announce the General Elections 2024! The citizens of India are aware that this is a…
Defining Soul of India: Indian Constitution or Lord Ram
The vibrations of the spectacle of inauguration of Lord Ram’s temple are still in the air (January 2024). This inauguration was done by Prime Minister Modi, who was at the…
Republic Day, Sovereignty and the Youth
(The narrative of Republic Day and Sovereignty, which started changing with the implementation of New Economic Policies in 1991 and the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, has reached…
Let’s Save the Republic on 75th Republic Day
This 75th Republic Day celebration of India provides an opportunity to reflect on the critical challenges faced by the Indian state and to contemplate how to uphold, preserve and protect…
Republic Day of India or that of ‘Ram Rajya’?
While Modi government is gearing up to celebrate India's 75th Republic Day on January 26, the context is different compared to previous occasions. For, following the consecration and inauguration of…
Towards 2024: Citizens’ Responsibilities
It is Constitution Day once again! We, the people of India, gratefully remember 26 November 1949 when the Constitution of India was passed and adopted by the Constituent Assembly. The…
Celebrating Constitutionality!
Rosary School in Vadodara (Baroda) Gujarat is one of the premier educational institutions of the State. It is co-educational and run by the Society of Jesus. It caters to about…
Message From Sudhir Vombatkere on “The International Day of Democracy”
The International Day of Democracy was established by means of a UN General Assembly resolution in 2007, to encourage governments to strengthen & consolidate democracy. It is observed worldwide on…
To Protect the Constitutional Morality, We Must Resist attempts at Drafting of a New Constitution
“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing…
Why Do Brahmin Intellectuals Want A New Constitution In India?
An article named: ‘There is a case ‘We the people ‘to embrace a new constitution’ written by Bibek Debroy, close aide and economic advisor to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
I, the Citizen, (Not) the Sovereign
by Sandeep Pandey and Vishwas Bhamburkar The preamble to the Constitution begins with “We, the People”. Thus, the idea that the citizens are the sovereigns, should have been the…
Indian Democracy And The Class Question
The higher judiciary in india are given to quoting pronouncements of American judges and jurists,to the chagrin of Hindu revivalists who consider this an undesirable deference to Western ideas of…
Republic Day is the Right Time to Re-Confirm Commitment to a Path Based on Justice, Equality, Peace, Harmony, Genuine Democracy and Environment Protection
Republic Day is the right time to re-confirm commitment to a path based on justice, equality, peace, harmony, genuine democracy and protection of environment, in keeping with the spirit of…
Celebrating the Republic @ 74!
At a Press Conference held in Delhi on 18 January, the Government spokesman said, “The Nation will celebrate its 74th Republic Day on January 26, 2023. The celebrations include the traditional…
Pachattar Saal Baad – 75-years on … A self-critical view
India has great diversity. It is geo-climatically diverse, with the Himalayan and trans-Himalayan mountains, the Indo-Gangetic plains, deserts, the peninsular plateau with mountain ranges, and riverine and coastal plains. People…
The Constitution belongs to ‘We, the People!’
It was ‘Constitution Day’ once again on 26 November, as the nation remembered with profound gratitude the day in 1949, on which…
Remembering Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Celebrating the 74th Constitution Day
(The present article is published to mark the occasion of Constitution Day, November 26, 2022. It may be deemed as part-2 of an earlier article, published an year ago: A…
Red Rags To Hindutva Bulls
One hopes the old idiomatic phrase is still understood by many. For nothing else can catch the frenzy the words 'secular' and 'socialist' provoke among die-hard adherents of Hindutva.Our Prime…
What should Guide Us: Indian Constitution or Manusmriti
India has a political system where the executive makes the laws, rules the country. There is judiciary to ensure that the executive walks the path of Indian Constitution. Judiciary’s major…
Nafrat chhodo! Bharat jodo! Bharat jodo! The Failed Fraternity Factor: A wake-up call
On 13 Dec 1946, Jawaharlal Nehru moved an “Objective Resolution” during the Constituent Assembly, which outlined the objectives of the Constitution. These were discussed and later became the constitutional Preamble,…
First Amendment to the Indian Constitution: Is Nehru a hero or a villain?
Our present BJP-RSS rulers are trying overtime to change the Constitution of India in the interest of themselves and their party. They are trying to convince people that if Nehru…
Elephant In The Room
The Indian elite is given to thinking of the Constitution as some sort of a sacred emblem, and believes that none will dare commit sacrilege against it.But the constitution,however noble…
Reciting Preamble is not a crime
That way reciting the Constitution’s Preamble has been transformed from text to socially dynamic statement... Against this new method of agitation, authorities slapped various criminal charges including sedition, arrested several…
November 26; The Indian Constitution Day – How RSS Denigrated It: A Peep Into Its Archives
The Constituent Assembly of India finalized the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949 which is celebrated as the CONSTITUTION DAY. This Constitution promised new born Indian Republic a polity…
Our Nation, Our Constitution: A Layperson’s understanding
Nation = People + Country + Constitution A nation is the synergetic sum of a country’s people with their social and cultural resources, who live within the boundaries of the…
DV Rao on India’s Constitutional System (Part-2)
This is Part-2 of the article. Part-1 was published on Jan 26 : https://countercurrents.org/2021/01/dv-rao-on-constitutional-system/ “The essential feature of the Constitution is to provide with certain limited democratic rights with one…
DV Rao on Constitutional System
India has a Constitutional autocracy, DV Rao, veteran revolutionary and an MP, told the Court, in his assessment of India’s Indian Constitutional System DV Rao, veteran revolutionary and an MP…
RSS Mourned When Indian Constitution Was Passed
The Constituent Assembly (CA) of India passed the Constitution on November 26, 1949 after almost 3 years' deliberations. It was an amazing contribution in the history of the modern liberal…
Majoritarianism And Deviance From The Indian Constitution
Unity in independent India being diverse and plural nation was a dream come true. We have survived and proved as a truly democratic republic state until recent times with minimal…
Is Constitutional Morality Eroding…?
After the Rajasthan High Court ordered ‘status quo’ in relation to the notices issued by the Speaker initiating the proceedings under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, Chief Minister Mr.…
Assault on the Rule of Law and Article 19 of the Constitution of India
Statement Of The Constitutional Conduct Group This statement by our group of former civil servants arises from our deep concern at the assault on the Rule of Law in India…
India has to decide whether to chose Constitution or Dharm Sansad
The language of political discourse is the biggest casualty after the Sangh Parivar inspired government came power in India. The C grade rhetoric and to convert everything into a street…
Sanctity and Supremacy of the Constitution alone can protect India
They call it 'dharm-sansad' but why should we need it when we have the 'sansad' elected by the people. But dharmsansad actually is the brahmanical monopoly over us. It is…
How Not to Hollow Out the Constitution Bit by Bit
It is not just BJP minister Anantkumar Hegde. Here is a look at some past attempts of the RSS-BJP to tinker with the Constitution. “Line wahan se shuru hoti hai…
Indian Constitution Unriddled : Search For Sources
("Indian Constitution Unriddled :Search for Sources" is a monumental work published by Purogami Prakashana , Hubli, in 2015 March. The volume is compiled by late Sri SG Nadgir and Dr.…
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