Ornit Shani
Associate professor of history at the University of Haifa and author of How India Became Democratic; researches citizenship, franchise, and democratic politics in modern India.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 1h 35min
Ornit Shani and Rohit De on Assembling India's Constitution
Rohit De, Yale historian of legal life, and Ornit Shani, historian of citizenship and democratic franchise, explore Assembling India’s Constitution. They trace mass mobilization, the constitution as practice beyond text, provincial legislatures and princely states, public petitions, radio and theater, and how popular ownership shaped legitimacy and ongoing constitutional contestation.
