
Most Indian states debate the merits of identity politics in theory. Bengal has already tested it in practice. The result was one of the greatest civilizational ruptures in modern Indian history. West Bengal is perhaps the only state in India whose modern history contains a complete political laboratory for examining both the promises and the …

“If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.” – Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, chairman of the Constitution Drafting Committee.[1] Ambedkar’s words sound rather hollow to a vast majority of Hindus today because they believe the Constitution of India failed to protect their interests from the very start. One would …