Despite criticisms for being too lengthy and not original or Indian enough, its enduring legacy shows the wisdom of its draftsmen. Our Constitution was shaped by global ideas and Indian realities. For 75 years, successive generations of Indians have preserved it. It is for us to keep it
The story of the peculiar flower that only blooms once in eight years is inextricably intertwined with the life of a remarkable man, Rev. Hermenegild Santapau, the Spaniard who became an Indian citizen
Nineteen of the 75 delegates at the Philadelphia convention which drafted the American Constitution in 1787 owned slaves. The Declaration of Independence said that all men were created equal, but the Constitution only recognised a slave as a fraction of a person.
Whether he appeared for a private client as a junior lawyer or represented the Centre in the SC as the attorney general, he was never his clients’ mouthpiece.
The freedom of conscience means nothing if every act of religious conversion is going to be presumed illegal unless proven otherwise. The UP ordinance’s failure to prohibit forcible reconversion is also deeply disturbing.
After a cooling-off period, several years after his retirement, Hidayatullah accepted the post of Vice President of India under the Janata government. It is about time that we start expecting the judges of our constitutional courts to follow CJI Hidayatullah’s excellent example.
Accusations of defamation,copyright infringement and oblique motivations have been exchanged over 3 Idiots this week,as we watched and wondered who the real off-screen idiots were.
