TCA Srinivasa Raghavan
The Constitution tries to do too much. It needs to be made to do less
Among India's youngest public intellectuals, he has made the Constitution of India user-friendly and accessible
He challenges the illusions about power and democracy, wealth and violence, Hinduism and tradition, nationalism and justice, and about all that metaphysical cant. He is the mirror in which we dare not look at ourselves. His presence is a constant reminder of our bad conscience and bad faith
Every party wants a slice of him six decades after his death. Ambedkar is bigger than the collective desperation of Ambedkarites