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Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of a series of short volumes that Neera Chandoke and I are editing for the Centre for Equity Studies
Rooted in anti-colonial struggle, Indian socialism, despite its limitations, helped progress towards an egalitarian society. Can that pathway be reclaimed? India’s immensely respected economist and public intellectual Prabhat Patnaik masterfully assembles in the pages of a short monograph the sweep of India’s post-colonial economic history. This is in his forthcoming Socialism and the Indian Constitution (part of…
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Aruna Roy elaborated on making choices that propelled equality and prevented misuse of power and discrimination Updated – January 20, 2025 11:10 am IST Sanjana Ganesh Aruna Roy in conversation with T.M. Krishna at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam “A democracy must allow its wrestlers to lose some of…
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C. Saratchand | 20 Jan 2025 The upcoming elections must be seen in the context of a deep-rooted economic crisis. Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons Federal elections will be held in Germany in February 2025. These elections were necessary following collapse of the coalition government headed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz. This collapse of the Scholz government is symptomatic…
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There are 12 Schedules in the Constitution of India. One of the first mentions of Schedules was made in the Government of India Act, 1935 where it included 10 Schedules. Later, when the Indian Constitution was adopted in 1949, it consisted of 8 Schedules. Today, with the amendments in the Indian Constitution, there are a total of…
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January 18, 2025, 11:05 PM IST Gautam Bhatia in Voices, India, TOIFacebookTwitterLinkedinEmail Gautam Bhatia Gautam Bhatia is a Delhi-based lawyer. Jan 26, 2025 is the 75th birthday of the Indian Constitution. When you consider the fact that the average lifespan of a constitution is 19 years, the Indian Constitution has already survived four times longer than the global average.…
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