Whose Constitution Is It Anyway?

Grand Tamasha by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Jun 24, 202600:50:30News & Politics

This week, Rohit De and Ornit Shani join Milan to discuss their new book Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History. Drawing on a remarkable range of archival material, the book shows that constitution-mak...

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