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Date: 26/01/26
He spoke of India’s Constitution as someone who had studied it not in classrooms alone, but in district offices, village meetings, and court corridors. According to him, its strength lay not in perfection, but in accommodation.
Drafted in a newly independent nation marked by difference, the Constitution chose balance over uniformity. Languages, faiths, regions, and social realities were not flattened. They were acknowledged. The document allowed space for disagreement while insisting on dignity.
What impressed him most was restraint. Power was distributed cautiously. Rights were paired with responsibility. Change was permitted, but not impulsive.
Over decades, India has tested this framework repeatedly. It has bent under pressure, sometimes strained—but endured. He believed that endurance came from its original decision: to govern diversity with patience rather than force.
That choice continues to shape the country’s civic spine.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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