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Dr. Ambedkar’s Concept of Constitutional Democracy and BJP’s Majoritarian Democracy | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s concept of constitutional democracy prioritises the rule of law, minority protections, social and economic equality, and constitutional morality over pure numerical majority rule. He distinguished this sharply from majoritarian (especially “communal”) democracy, which he saw as a permanent, fixed dominance that risks tyranny. Ambedkar viewed democracy not merely as elections or majority decision-making, but as a multi-layered system: Political democracy: Equal political right
UN CERD and India: Caste, Tribal Rights, Minority Protection and the Crisis of Substantive Equality | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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India’s Constitution established a powerful framework of equality, liberty, social justice and protection against discrimination. It abolished untouchability, provided affirmative action for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), guaranteed equality before law, and created institutional safeguards for historically oppressed communities. Yet the persistence of caste discrimination, tribal dispossession, minority insecurity and unequal access to public institutions demonstrates that co
Periyar and the Emancipation of the Oppressed Classes | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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E. V. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar (1879–1973), occupies a distinctive and consequential place in the history of India’s struggles against caste oppression, social inequality and Brahminical domination. Through the Self-Respect Movement and the wider Dravidian social movement, Periyar sought not merely to reform particular customs but to transform the social relations and ideological structures that reproduced inequality. His politics was grounded in a radical proposition: no society can
Allahabad High Court’s Critique of Uttar Pradesh Bureaucracy: A Clarion Call | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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The recent criticism of the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy by the Allahabad High Court deserves attention far beyond the individual cases in which it has been expressed. The Court’s unusually strong observations, including its warning about the danger of an “Orwellian Dystopia,” raise a larger question: what happens to democratic governance when the permanent executive becomes more responsive to political power than to law, professional norms and the public interest? This is not merely a question of
Can the Police in India Put a Person Under House Arrest? | Countercurrents (opens the original)
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Constitutional Limits on Preventive Policing and Political Dissent The question whether the police in India can put a person under “house arrest” has acquired considerable importance, particularly in cases involving political activists, opposition leaders, students, trade unionists and civil-rights groups. It is not uncommon for the police, especially before a proposed demonstration or political programme, to visit a person’s residence and prevent him or her from leaving the house. Sometimes the
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