Imagining Democracy, Defending Democracy

Two anthologies about the ideas that shaped the Indian Constitution, and the voices and movements that have safeguarded its spirit over 75 years.

Building a Free India

Those who led our struggle for freedom had a vision for India, which we need to recall today more than ever before. Rakesh Batabyal has rendered us an immense and timely service by assembling the writings of more than thirty of the nation’s visionaries. We all need to learn from this collection and protect our precious democratic and egalitarian inheritance from the narrow-mindedness that seems increasingly to overwhelm our country.’—IRFAN HABIB, Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University