Makarand R Paranjape
The re-centring of the Constitution in public discourse is a mixed blessing
Congress and its allies benefited from making the Constitution a political symbol
The economic benefits of simultaneous polls will be far-reaching
The proposed reforms to Indian criminal law break with a colonial legacy but do not go far enough
Defenders of the idea of a Uniform Civil Code had hoped it would become a reality but the divisions seen in the Constituent Assembly took a turn for the worse in subsequent decades
Ashok Gopal traces the exceptional journey of Ambedkar becoming Babasaheb