Almost seven decades
ago the Indian Constitution came into force. Its Preamble had key words that
were aimed to create an idea of a new nation, a country of the future. Since
1950, we have slipped further into the past, and each of the terms that were
designed to give our society a new modern identity have been flouted and
vandalised. Let us take each of them. The nation was to be sovereign. Ever
since Independence, the ruling regimes became dependent on superpowers, be it
Russia or the US. India was to emerge as a socialist country, where the means
of production, distribution, and exchange were to be owned and regulated by the
citizens. 
February 22, 2019
Cover Story: Hobson’s choice
Almost seven decades
ago the Indian Constitution came into force. Its Preamble had key words that
were aimed to create an idea of a new nation, a country of the future. Since
1950, we have slipped further into the past, and each of the terms that were
designed to give our society a new modern identity have been flouted and
vandalised. Let us take each of them. The nation was to be sovereign. Ever
since Independence, the ruling regimes became dependent on superpowers, be it
Russia or the US. India was to emerge as a socialist country, where the means
of production, distribution, and exchange were to be owned and regulated by the
citizens. 
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