Where is Ambedkar's India? Republic Day Special

<div>What are we celebrating this Republic Day India? Is it enough to celebrate the coming into effect of the Constitution - 73 years ago - while the spirit of the Constitution of India, which is an accountable government and a Parliament which actually discusses and deliberates, is in decline? The pandemic has been a period where an assault on our fundamental rights to movement, speech, and privacy has become the new normal. This special episode of The Longest Constitution raises more questions than it answers, and unravels the new labour codes set to replace over 46 labour regulations and the intrusion of technology in our everyday lives. What would Dr. BR Ambedkar have thought of the democracy? <br><br></div><div><b>Reading material: </b></div><div></div><a href="https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/04/01/india-is-in-a-crisis-why-isnt-the-parliament-assembling-onlinehttps://internetshutdowns.in/https://scroll.in/article/975627/with-shaheen-bagh-ruling-supreme-court-gifts-state-more-powers-to-control-democratic-dissenthttps://tclf.in/2021/11/26/gig-economy-a-legal-struggle-for-inclusivity/#:~:text=A%20positive%20step%20towards%20the,The%20Maternity%20Benefit%20Act%2C%20etc.https://scroll.in/article/973003/the-political-fix-without-question-hour-will-parliaments-role-in-the-bjp-era-shrink-even-furtherhttps://thewire.in/labour/new-labour-codes-after-rushing-them-through-parliament-why-is-the-govt-delaying-implementationIf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/04/01/india-is-in-a-crisis-why-isnt-the-parliament-assembling-onlinehttps://internetshutdowns.in/https://scroll.in/article/975627/with-shaheen-bagh-ruling-supreme-court-gifts-state-more-powers-to-control-democratic-dissenthttps://tclf.in/2021/11/26/gig-economy-a-legal-struggle-for-inclusivity/#:~:text=A%20positive%20step%20towards%20the,The%20Maternity%20Benefit%20Act%2C%20etc.https://scroll.in/article/973003/the-political-fix-without-question-hour-will-parliaments-role-in-the-bjp-era-