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On Republic Day, let’s celebrate a living project renewed by we the peopleSubscriber Only

January 26, 2026 06:33 IST

It is worth reflecting on constitutional authority as a collective and ongoing project of public engagement, rather than as an initiative solely of the state and merely witnessed by the people as imperial technologies of governance once sought to produce.

Mon, Jan 26, 2026

Indian Constitution went beyond Western notions. This is why it has enduredSubscriber Only

November 26, 2025 07:11 IST

Its makers were not bound by the limited imagination of Western liberal constitutionalism with its emphasis on state restriction, recognising instead that in society, groups and communities wielded power separate from the state.

Wed, Nov 26, 2025