{"product_id":"fraternity-constitutional-norms-and-human-need-paperback","title":"Fraternity: Constitutional Norms and Human Need - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRajmohan Gandhi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's no dearth of references to a sense of kinship beyond one's family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor tribe in ancient Indian texts. We know from anecdotes in the Ramayana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Mahabharata, the Upanishads and epigraphic sources like Ashoka's 12th\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor Rock Edict, that our ancestors were no strangers to an expansive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding of fraternity. Therefore, although the earliest adoption of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efraternity as state motto happened in 18th-century France, the West cannot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eclaim to have taught fraternity to India. Even so, it took our freedom struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the writing of the Constitution for it to become an integral value\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egoverning our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the idea of fraternity was implicit in the Motilal Nehru Constitutional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDraft of 1928 and the 1931 Karachi Resolution of the Indian National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCongress, the National Movement's commitment to it was questioned by\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eleaders like Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar because the Movement appeared to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprioritize the anti-colonial struggle over social reform to eliminate caste\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einequality. Dr Ambedkar, who had suffered caste oppression, knew that there\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecouldn't be a democratic future if caste wasn't done away with. However, his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eantagonism with Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent leader of the National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMovement, is often amplified. This monograph argues, instead, that not only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edid both hold each other in high regard, it was due to Ambedkar's steadfast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eopposition to caste that, through Gandhi, modern Indian society learnt to take\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits first steps towards embodying fraternity, even as it fought the Raj.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRajmohan Gandhi, one of India's leading and most admired thinkers, moves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeasily from ancient India to modern Europe to an intimate portrait of the epic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eface-off between Gandhi and Ambedkar which led to the Poona Pact of 1932.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis engaging monograph should be read by everyone invested in upholding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe constitutional norm of fraternity in our increasingly divided country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750556270880,"sku":"9789354477003","price":36.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e5c73b37cc975a3eff91c94c989eface.webp?v=1779953010","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fraternity-constitutional-norms-and-human-need-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}