Book On Indian Parliament Released

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Releasing the Book
with Valerian Rodrigues, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman K Rehman Khan,
Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa and B.L. Shankar

A book titled ``The Indian Parliament – A Democracy at Work,” jointly authored by B.L. Shankar and Valerian Rodrigues was released by Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari in New Delhi on Jan. 19, 2011.

Addressing on the occasion, Vice President Ansari said that the book is the central edifice of the Indian democracy. Congratulating the authors, he said that there was a need for such a valuable book on the Indian Parliament and hoped that this study will become a trend-setter for the people.

Prof. B.L. Shankar is a former Member of the Lok Sabha and Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council. Prof. Valerian Rodrigues is Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for Political Studies in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Book Cover

This book assesses the evolution of the Indian Parliament as an institution. By focusing on the changing dynamics of the Lok Sabha, The Indian Parliament demonstrates the changes in the idea of the nation as it reached out to encompass pluralism and diversity. It interrogates the prevalent notion of the decline of the Indian Parliament and argues that this institution cannot be understood in isolation. Rather, any such study needs to be organically linked to an analysis of the nature of Indian democracy. By exploring the extent to which both have continued to mutually shape each other, the book draws attention to the interface between politics and society. 

KEMPUKOTE with inputs from ANI