TY - BOOK AU - Dhavan, Rajeev TI - The constitution of India: Miracle, Surrender, Hope SN - 9788131250662 AV - 342.54 DHA PY - 2023/// CY - Haryana: PB - LexisNexis Publications, KW - Constitutional law India N1 - 1. The constitution as Miracle 2. The constitution as Surrender 3. The constitution as Text 4. The constitution as Change 5. The constitution as Hope Note on Sources N2 - Although the Constitutions of India's Neighbour's have collapsed many times over, the Indian Constitution has survived, though not without controversy and a sense of despair. The making of the Constitution was a miracle, replete with ambiguities and compromises (Chapter I). The Constitution surrendered people's power to politicians and judges (Chapter II). The text of the Constitution was interpreted and went through many changes (Chapter III & IV). However, the Constitution was always intended to be a bourgeois Constitution. It failed in its promises owed to the poor, disadvantaged and disempowered, who must now capture the Constitution to redeem its promises to all Indians. This is the challenge for the future ER -