Arghya Sengupta

"The Seen and the Unseen" hosted Amit Varma features guest Arghya Sengupta, influential in shaping legal policy. They discuss problems in India, the design of the Indian state, Bengali language dialects, the speaker's journey in law school, nuclear liability legislation, the lawmaking process in India, flaws in the constitution, power and criticism, evolution of the constitution, differences in constitutional frameworks, the importance of books in constitutional discourse, and the potential transformation of law by artificial intelligence.

Sandip speaks to Arghya Sengupta, author of 'The Colonial Constitution,' exploring colonial influences in India's Constitution. They discuss Gandhi's alternative proposals, power decentralization concerns, the absence of enforceable economic rights, and the role of lawyers in drafting the constitution.