Introduction: India's parliamentary democracy and its critics -- Making of the Indian parliament -- Changing social composition of the Lok Sabha -- Changing conception of representation: issues, concerns and institutions -- Changing modes of discourses: shift from English to regional languages -- From national identity to plural identities -- Parliament-judiciary relationship -- The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha -- In-house reproduction of the Lok Sabha -- Conclusion: the parliament and democracy in India
Summary
This text challenges the view that the Indian Parliament has been on the decline. It argues that the transformations in this institution are related to the changes in the nature of Indian democracy and must be understood in this context
