The foundational ideas of Indian democracy-fraternity, equality, secularism, justice-are not alien concepts. As this book shows, from the earliest attempt with the 'Constitution of India Bill' in 1895, whose authorship is unknown, to the 1925 Commonwealth of India Bill, the Motilal Nehru Constitutional Draft of 1928 and various Congress resolutions to the Constituent Assembly of 1946, we see these basic ideas reiterated...