Join Vidhi for its fifteenth Book Adda on ‘India’s Communal Constitution: Law, Religion, and the Making of a People’. The discussants will be Mathew John, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence, Jindal Global Law School with Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. This will be a hybrid event held at the Office Basement, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi. For people interesting in attending online, kindly register on the link below.

The discussion will begin at 5:30 PM IST on 23rd February 2024. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Constitution of India’s preamble declares itself to be sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic. In this latest book, Mathew John showcases how the Constitution despite its liberal design continues to identify people in their communal term. The book looks at discussions on law, constitutionalism, and political identity. The division on the basis of political identity hinders the creation of an inclusive community in any country, especially one as diverse as India. It also expresses a doubt on the question of Uniform Civil Code and whether it can do away with the crystallisation of communal identities over the years by personal law. 

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN

• Mathew John, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Centre on Public Law and Jurisprudence, Jindal Global Law School
• Arghya Sengupta, Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy