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Although the Constitutions of India's neighbours have collapsed many times over, the Indian Constitution has survived, though not without controversy and a sense of despair. The making of the Constitution was a miracle, replete with ambiguities and compromises (Chapter I). The Constitution surrendered people's power to politicians and judges (Chapter II). The text of the Constitution was interpreted and went through many changes (Chapter III & IV). However, ...
This reader is being published by sahmat in conjunction with the symposium 'Iconography Now: Rewriting Art History?' The immediate provocation for both have been the most recent attacks on MF Husain, which started as an internet campaign in the US in October 2005. There is a sense of Deja vu here, as we have been down this road before. For most of us, who thought that the change in regime two years ago heralded the end of the carefully planned, communal assaults ...
