A layman looks at the Constitution of India

Bombay: N.M. Tripathi Ltd., 1948. 43p. staplebound pamphlet, pages toned. Despite the Bombay imprint on the title page, a small label inside the front cover states that it was printed and published by the Committee for A Democratic Far Eastern Policy in New York.

The anonymous author, who denies being a member of any major political party, criticizes the constitution because "The nominees of a single political party, however representative, are constituted into a sovereign government by a foreign power. That government confers sovereignty on an assembly constituted in the manner laid down by the foreign power... In this context, the people of India have no valid reason to regard the Constitution as sacrosanct. On the high arch of the North Secretariat of the Government of India there is an inscription carved by the British 'Liberty does not descend to a people.' Verily, liberty has not descended to the people of India, it lies buried in the stony labyrinths of that secretariat."

Cat.No: 344298

Price: $45.00