{"product_id":"dalits-and-the-indian-constitution-paperback","title":"Dalits and the Indian Constitution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnand Teltumbde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is perfectly possible to pervert the Constitution, without changing its form, by merely\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echanging the form of the administration.'-B.R. Ambedkar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalits and the Indian Constitution asks a stark question: what has the Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactually done for the community most closely identified with its emancipatory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epromise-and where has it failed? In the lucid, argument-led cadence of this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eseries, Anand Teltumbde moves from nationalist politics and the making of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitution to its most consequential provisions-abolition of untouchability;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereservations in representation, education, and public employment; secularism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the everyday realities of impunity. He shows how constitutional ideals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emet entrenched social power, and why formal safeguards, without structural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echange, could not deliver substantive equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRefusing fatalism and nostalgia alike, Teltumbde insists that 'constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emorality' must be cultivated through institutions that check arbitrary power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand transform social habits, not merely recite pieties. Drawing on historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edebate and contemporary evidence of discrimination, this compact monograph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esets out first principles and practicable directions to turn rights into realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear-eyed, rigorous, and deeply committed to the Preamble's promise, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDalits and the Indian Constitution is essential reading for citizens, students, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolicymakers who want to recover the moral centre of India's democratic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eproject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67888913449266,"sku":"9789363362420","price":43.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/Eb-nU91DaK9789363362420.webp?v=1790765430","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/dalits-and-the-indian-constitution-paperback","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}