India’s Founding Moment: Q & A Between Upendra Baxi and Madhav Khosla, 24 June 2020
Scope and Contents
The Upendra Baxi Collection is a digital collection that currently comprises a single series, Bibliography. This series is organised into several subseries, including Published Academic Articles, Published Book Chapters, Published Books, Published Book Reviews, Published Lectures and Presentations from Conferences and Seminars, Newspaper Articles, Letters and Correspondence (Mathura Rape Case), Other Media, and Media Articles by Others on the Mathura Rape Case.
Dates
- Publication: 24 June 2020
Creator
- Upendra Baxi (Author, Person)
- Sharunya (Archives Intern, Person)
- Meghashree Dev (Processing Archivist, Person)
Full Extent
From the Collection: 250 Megabytes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In this dialogue, Upendra Baxi and Madhav Khosla discuss the transformative nature of the Indian Constitution. Baxi explores how India’s "founding moment" was not just a political transition but a pedagogical one, aiming to create a new democratic citizen. They reflect on the "centrality of the individual" within a deeply hierarchical society. Baxi argues that the Constitution was designed as a tool for social revolution, meant to bridge the gap between "the people" and "the state." The conversation highlights the tensions between institutional design and the lived reality of constitutional practice in a post-colonial nation. In Bar Bench
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Repository Details
Part of the NLS Law and Society Archives Repository