In this episode, we try to explain all those BIG BIG words in the Indian Constitution, and also delve into some of the stories behind the words.
This is a continuation to ep-10, where Lakshmi and I talked about some of the basic ideas behind a Constitution. You can listen to the first episode here:
https://anchor.fm/anees-rao/episodes/Ep-9-On-the-Citizenship-Amendment-Act-eadoca
Amit Varma and Srinath Raghavan in The Seen and the Unseen, where they give you a detailed history of all the rules around citizenship.
seenunseen.in/episodes/2019/12/22/episode-152-the-citizenship-battles/
Puliyabaazi is a Hindi podcast. In one episode, the hosts tried to read the Preamble in more understandable Hindi, devoid of the original legalese.
ivmpodcasts.com/puliyabaazi-episode-list/2020/1/6/special-episode-
Fali Nariman's talk on the Preamble where he talked about the relevance of a 70 year old document on today's population, among other things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioz4zBWLusI
You can read the entire Constitution of India here:
https://www.india.gov.in/sites/upload_files/npi/files/coi_part_full.pdf
Subhadra Sen Gupta has recently written an excellent book called Indian Constitution for Children. Amazon link below:
https://www.amazon.in/Constitution-India-Children-Subhadra-Gupta/dp/0143448315/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=constitution+for+children&qid=1581238551&sr=8-2
