Lessons from India’s 42nd Constitution amendment: History revisited
The making of the 42nd Constitution amendment - whose 46th anniversary falls today - and its subsequent substantial reversal reminds us of the extraordinary power of the Indian people to restore the founding principles of the Constitution, subjected to erosion by those in power, from time to time.
V. Krishna Ananth teaches History at Sikkim University, Gangtok, and is author of ‘Between Freedom and Unfreedom: The Press in Independent India’ (2020).