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Write short note with a sociological perspective on the following: Constitution as a living document of social change.

  • UPSC 2012
  • Visions of Social Change in India

A constitution is "living" when its meaning is produced continuously rather than fixed at adoption. India's is a strong case, because it was drafted not to record a social consensus but to displace one. B. R. Ambedkar warned on 25 November 1949 that the Republic would begin a life of contradictions — political equality resting…

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  • Three mechanisms that keep it living
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