Aug 24 2024 to Aug 24 2024 11:30 a.m.

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Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Democracy, representing the people's will, is the least imperfect form of government in the present day. Yet even this will of the people can’t remain unfettered, for without constitutional limits, democracy is often distorted. What then are the challenges to India’s constitutional democracy? This lecture will speak of the multiple obstacles to Constitutional Democracy. Still, it will focus on deep-rooted, long-standing mental and social habits that prevent the smooth functioning of constitutional democracy in India. This lecture is the first in the series titled ‘We the People’ to celebrate 75 years of our Constitution. As part of this series, DAKSH, in collaboration with BIC, is organising a series of lectures and panel discussions on various aspects of the Constitution.

Speaker

Rajeev Bhargava Founder-Director, Parekh Institute of Indian Thought, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies Rajeev Bhargava was until recently a professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi. He was the Director of the Centre between 2007-14 and is currently the founder-director of the centre’s Parekh Institute of Indian Thought. He is a permanent (honorary) fellow at Balliol College (Oxford). He has been a professor of political science at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the University of Delhi, a fellow in Ethics at Harvard University, Columbia University, Stanford University, New York University, Institute of Advanced Studies (Jerusalem), Wissenschaftskolleg (Berlin), Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna), Australian Catholic University (Sydney), and the University of Leipzig. His many publications include Reimagining Indian Secularism (2023), Between Hope and Despair (2022), The Promise of India’s Secular Democracy (2010), Politics and Ethics of The Indian Constitution (2008), Secularism and its Critics (1998) and Individualism in Social Sciences (1992). His work on secularism and individualism is internationally acclaimed. He has been on the board of several National and International Institutes.