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Discuss the extent to which the Indian Constitution reflects successful reconciliation of alternative perspectives.

  • UPSC 2012
  • 30 marks
  • Salient Features of the Indian Constitution

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No single political philosophy wrote the Indian Constitution. Granville Austin (The Indian Constitution: Cornerstone of a Nation, 1966) identified the Assembly's method as consensus and accommodation: holding apparently incompatible ideas together without diluting either. He called these India's original contribution to constitution-making. The reconciliation was substantial and durable, but it was partly achieved by deferral…

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  • The Perspectives in Contention
  • What Was Reconciled
  • Why the Reconciliation Largely Worked
  • Where It Fell Short
  • Reconciliation as an Ongoing Process
  • Conclusion
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