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The justice puzzle

R Gopalakrishnanmakes a devastating point: India doesn't really care about justice for the citizen

Cover of Doodles on Leadership: Experiences within and beyond Tata. Credits: Amazon.in
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Cover of Doodles on Leadership: Experiences within and beyond Tata. Credits: Amazon.in

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan
There are two abiding mysteries in India that no one talks about. One is the failure of those who framed India’s Constitution to make justice a fundamental right. The other is the complete failure of activists to take this up.

I would not have expected such a basic flaw to be identified by a person from the corporate sector. They normally tend to be reticent about public policy even after retirement.

So we must congratulate R Gopalakrishnan, formerly of Hindustan Lever and Tata Sons and a fellow columnist in this newspaper, for worrying about this. In a book modestly titled
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