India, That is Bharat.
Rebuilding India's Civic Foundation: The Case for Constitutional Education and Structural Historical Literacy Author: Bhanu Tejas Word Count: ~2,300 Type: Scholarly Article (Education / Civic Studies / Political Development) --- Abstract India is the world’s largest democracy yet possesses one of the world’s weakest cultures of constitutional and structural historical literacy. This article argues that India’s long-term democratic stability requires the systematic introduction of two foundational disciplines across both youth and adult education: (1) Constitutional Education, and (2) Structural, Realistic History of India. It contends that their absence is not accidental but the outcome of a “civic knowledge paradox”—citizens do not demand these subjects because they were never taught them, and institutions do not implement them because there is no public demand. The result is a population highly skilled in technical fields but lacking essential civic tools. Drawing from civic the...