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Nikhil Menon on Planning Democracy

Ideas of India

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We Have a Constitutional Consciousness, Right?

The idea that you can have someone represent you and your interest comes more easily to people than the idea of a plan. I think it is also, for that reason, less empowering than the vote. In some ways, what it's telling you is thatyou can have plan consciousness, but we don't really want your input on what the plans should be, right? Though there are efforts made like the planning forums in colleges and in universities.

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