Dr. (Prof.) Varinder Kumar Kaushik, Professor (Retired), Punjabi University, Patiala Dhruv Kaushik, Advocate, Delhi High Court “The constitutional lawyer, however, must always, if he is to comprehend his subject and treat it fruitfully, be a historian as well as a lawyer” – James Bryce I. BRYCE, SMITH, CONTRADICTIONS AND CONNECTIONS The idea of ‘India’ that we are familiar with today did not exist when the calls for the dominance of a nation-state were first heard in Europe. Once we begin...