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It is critical to note that in a nation-state the people take their cue from the Constitution whereas in a civilizational state the Constitution flows from the nature of the people. In the latter, the Constitution is an outcome of national identity and not the rationale for it.

— Gautam R. Desiraju

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Bhārat: India 2.0. Gautam R Desiraju. Vitasta Publishing. 2022. Pages 396.

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Dharma is as fundamental to our existence as its converse in the physical world, the Second Law of Thermodynamics which governs the progression of things from order to randomness. Like the Second Law there will be many definitions of Dharma.

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