Satyagraha for Constitution-as-commons
The author critiques the current political climate in India, arguing that the government is undermining constitutional rights and democratic protest. It calls for a new language of citizenship to challenge authoritarian trends and judicial passivity.
Why it matters
It provides a critical perspective on the state of civil liberties and the role of the judiciary in contemporary Indian politics.
T he events unfolding on the streets of India signal the emergence of a new language of citizenship and a new language of the Constitution. This has been in the making over the past decade and a half. It has taken its time as fashioning a new language and grammar of justice is a process that has to distil public anger against the criminal dispossession by this government. The public face of criminal dispossession brazenly glares down at us: from dwellings and homes, savings, education, and now voting rights.
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