Important LinksCEDE Donate page: https://www.cede.co.in/donateDelta Meghwal case: https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-lehari-deviSupport LCA - https://lightscameraazadi.in/support-lca/Support LCA Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/azadiFollow Anurag Bhaskar - https://twitter.com/anurag_bhaskar_Anurag’s BioAnurag Bhaskar is an Assistant Professor of Law at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. He is also an Affiliate Faculty at the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, and a Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi. Anurag is also a recipient of the Bluestone Rising Scholar Award 2021 by Brandeis University, the USA, and the Indian Equality Law Fellowship at the University of Oxford.Anurag holds an LLM (2018-19) from Harvard Law School, and B.A. LL.B. (2012-17) degree from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (Lucknow, India). Before pursuing his LLM, Anurag clerked for a year (July 2017-18) with Dr. Justice DY Chandrachud (Judge, Supreme Court of India), where he worked on a number of landmark constitutional law cases. Anurag has several publications to his credit in India’s leading academic journals and edited books. His columns on different themes are regularly published in The Print, Live Law, The Wire, Hindustan Times, etc. He has delivered talks and lectures on various platforms.Anurag is also one of the founders of CEDE (Community for Elimination of Discrimination in Education and Employment) - an organization working towards reforming the Indian legal profession and judiciary. Time Stamps3:30 to 12:30Anurag’s life story12:30 to 20:50The Harvard experiences 20:50 to 25:05What do foreign universities look for? 25:05 to 27:48Anurag’s love towards the constitution27:48 to 36:00Why is a constitution necessary for a nation?36:00 to 37:45Countries that tried to play with the constitution 37:45 to 41:18Importance of a Nation’s founding moment 41:18 to 46:04Constitutional legitimacy 46:04 to 49:43Vision of the Indian constitution 49:43 to 54:45How did the Indian constitution survive?54:45 to 59:35Hindu Right’s idea of the constitution 59:35 to 1:04:45Constituent assembly debates 1:04:45 to 1:06:00Selection of Baba Saheb as the Chairman of the drafting committee1:06:00 to 1:17:06Ambedkar’s version of the constitution 1:17:06 to 1:24:30Did Ambedkar really want to burn the constitution?1:24:30 to 1:31:15The biggest debate in the constituent assembly? 1:31:15 to 1:35:14Importance of Constitution for marginalized caste groups? 1:35:14 to 1:39:40Rights vs Duties 1:39:40 to 1:44:34Changes in the constitution Anurag seeks 1:44:34 to 1:51:30The role of the President 1:51:30 to 1:55:15‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’1:55:15 to endDelta Meghwal case and CEDEShow Notes Ambedkar’s Constitution: A Radical Phenomenon in Anti-Caste Discourse?https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/282/63Ambedkar, Gandhi, and Patel: The Making of India's Electoral System https://www.amazon.in/Ambedkar-Gandhi-Patel-Making-Electoral/dp/9386826232