Discovery' and Bharat

ABOUT THE BOOK:

"Discovery" and Bharat: Christian Constitution in a Hindu Nation opens the Constitution debate Bharat never fully had.

Dr. M.R. Venkatesh asks a foundational question: Was India born in 1947, or was Bharat an ancient civilisation reclaiming her rightful place in history? From this question begins a sweeping examination of how the Indian Constitution was drafted, what it borrowed, what it ignored, and how deeply its structure was shaped by Western constitutional traditions, colonial law and Christendom.

Moving from Sabarimala to the Constituent Assembly, from the Government of India Act, 1935 to secularism, from rights to duties, and from India to Bharat, the book studies the growing tension between constitutional law and civilisational ethos. It argues that the Indian State, judiciary, executive and Parliament often stand caught between imported constitutional assumptions and Bharat's older memory of Dharma, community, responsibility and social order.

This is not just a book about law. It is about power, identity, faith, society, State and the unfinished debate over Bharat's future. It makes a serious plea to revisit the Constitution and rethink the foundations of India's public order.

Venkatesh has made an excellent case for revisiting, rethinking and re-writing our Constitution.

-Dr Subramanian Swamy, Former Member of Parliament

This is a much-needed book that will hopefully be read and absorbed by a wide cross-section of Bharatiyas-including those who think of themselves as Indians alone.

-Prasenjit Basu, Economist and Author of Asia Reborn

Hopefully this book will enable a debate on our constitution and our governance model and create a more democratic future for all of us.

-TV Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners

Fascinatingly, MRV brings about the subtle yet significant difference between being a Republic and a Democracy-in our context. That adds a new dimension in our understanding of our Constitution and makes the book an interesting read.

-Prof R. Vaidyanathan, IIM-Bangalore

A must-read.

-Justice PN Prakash, Former Judge, Madras High Court

There is no doubt that this book will become a landmark in the original studies now taking place in New Bharat about Bharat, by the young writers and researchers inspired by this renaissance of Bharat.

-Ratan Sharda, Author & Researcher