As fresh demands echo from the ruling establishment to drop “secular” and “socialist” from the Preamble, a deeper ideological clash unfolds—between foundational values and political reinterpretation, between constitutional permanence and partisan preference
A five-judge Constitution bench will begin hearings on a batch of petitions seeking legal recognition for same-sex marriages from April 18. Will India become the 33rd country in the world, and the second in Asia, to legally acknowledge homosexual unions?