Indian constitution

You’ve heard the line: “At the stroke of the midnight hour…” But what else did Nehru say when India woke to freedom? What promises did he make? What did he urge the nation to remember? And are we living up to that vision today?

In a bid to encourage people to exercise their voting rights, SP Krishnaraj, the owner of Nisarga Grand Hotel, serves free masala dosas to those who vote. He started this practice in 2018 and has served thousands of dosas.

On Monday, March 4, 2024, the Supreme Court overturned the 1998 PV Narasimha Rao judgment, ruling that bribery charges are not protected by parliamentary privileges. Here is all you need to know.

From handwriting to illustrating, these eight men and women were responsible for the aesthetics of the original Indian Constitution.

The Constitution of India borrows ideas and many of its stand out features from the constitutions of other countries. Here are nine constitutions that inspired India's.

The right to protest peacefully is enshrined in the Indian Constitution—Article 19(1)(a) guarantees the freedom of speech and expression; Article 19(1)(b) assures citizens the right to assemble peaceably and without arms.

Interestingly, one of the brains behind this awesome project also runs ‘Sparshdnyan’, India’s first Marathi Braille newsletter!

“Religion cannot be cover to deny women right to worship. To treat women as children of lesser God is to blink at Constitutional morality.”

His first warning was against the use of 'popular protest' methods to solve problems. According to Ambedkar, forms of popular protest such as civil disobedience and non-cooperation should have been abandoned in the future as they only lead to anarchy.

We have to understand that the constitution is not just a book with a bunch of words in it that everyone has to follow, it is an evolving document that reflects our society.