Comment on the view that India’s nation-building process has been more of a negotiated compromise than a linear progression towards unity. Explore how globalisation and neoliberal reforms have shaped the project of nation-building and created new fault lines in India.

Negotiated Nationhood: Compromise, Contestation, and the New Fault Lines in India’s Nation-Building Project The discourse on India’s nation-building has long revolved around two competing narratives: one that celebrates the republic as an unfolding project of unity-in-diversity and progressive integration, and another that views it as a contingent, negotiated compromise shaped by historical bargains, social pluralism, … Continue reading Comment on the view that India’s nation-building process has been more of a negotiated compromise than a linear progression towards unity. Explore how globalisation and neoliberal reforms have shaped the project of nation-building and created new fault lines in India.

To what extent does the retention of the term ‘socialist’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution remain normatively and operationally relevant in the context of India’s post-1991 economic liberalization and neoliberal policy orientation?

To what extent does the retention of the term ‘socialist’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution remain normatively and operationally relevant in the context of India’s post-1991 economic liberalization and neoliberal policy orientation? Introduction The Preamble to the Indian Constitution proclaims India to be a “sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic.” While the word ‘socialist’ … Continue reading To what extent does the retention of the term ‘socialist’ in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution remain normatively and operationally relevant in the context of India’s post-1991 economic liberalization and neoliberal policy orientation?

Introduction The Dalit struggle in colonial India constituted a radical critique of caste hierarchy and exclusion, significantly enriching the ideological and political contours of the Indian freedom movement. While the broader nationalist discourse often privileged anti-colonial unity and territorial sovereignty, Dalit leaders such as Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Jyotirao Phule, and Periyar E.V. Ramasamy foregrounded the … Continue reading Discuss how the Dalit struggle influenced the discourse on social justice and egalitarianism in the context of the Indian freedom movement.