Take it from the top: R Sukumar writes on the Republic @75

The beauty, might and ambition of the Constitution remain perhaps most evident in its Preamble. So, how have we fared on the promises made all those years ago?

“We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a sovereign democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens:

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Justice, social, economic and political;

Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

Equality of status and of opportunity;

and to promote among them all

fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity of the Nation…”

That’s how the Constitution that was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949, starts. I can think