I have a new book out on the Constitution, the culmination of three+ years of work that began life in 2021 as my post-doctoral research project. It’s called The Indian Constitution: A Conversation with Power, and you can get it at your local bookshop, or online here.
Here’s the blurb:
Ever since its creation, the Indian Constitution has been a deeply studied document. It has been discussed and dissected by citizens, scholars, lawyers and politicians.
The Indian Constitution: A Conversation with Power takes a new approach in discussing the Constitution: as a document that creates, shapes, channels and constrains power. It shows how the seventy-five years of constitutionalism in India have been characterized by a drift towards centralized and homogenous power located within the union executive. It also examines how certain Supreme Court judgments, especially in recent years, have accelerated this drift towards centralization.
However, it is for us citizens to decide, ultimately, what vision(s) of constitutional power we want to adopt and give to ourselves.
I think that’s pretty self-explanatory. It’s a bit different from my previous work, both in its approach to the Constitution, and in that it is perhaps a more explicit root and branch critique of the document than what I’ve ever done before. And if you read it, I’d love to know what you think (in the comments, or elsewhere!). Remember, you can get it here.