a constitution we are proud of?

WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a [SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;

LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;

and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the [unity and integrity of the Nation];

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.

so that's the intro to the great Indian Constitution, which holds its pride of place as the longest constitution in the world. And, why not? After all, our great founding forefathers who were responsible for creating this historical literery landmark did indeed borrow the best features from the constitutions of the global super-powers be it the USA, the UK, Ireland, Russia, Australia, Canada ... the list goes on ... and the result? A hefty manuscript with 364 Articles divided into 22 parts, 12 schedules, and 84 ammendments ... fortified with attributes like ammendabilty (obvious right?) ... setting forth the principles of democracy, secularism, republic-ism, a "sound" judicial system, a smoothly functioning legislature, an executing executive, 5 year plans, liberty, equality, fraternity and what not.

funny how these chaps went about it.... I mean, achieving this mammoth task. Funnier still, how all these 364 Articles divided into 22 parts, 12 schedules, and 84 ammendments FAIL TO DEAL WITH A MAN... A BEAST WHO KILLED 182 INNOCENT PEOPLE, AND WHO WAGED WAR AGAINST OUR BELOVED COUNTRY on the 26th of November 2008. Yes I do indeed refer to Ajmal Amir Kasab, the sole terrorist captured alive on that fateful day of bloodbath and misery, who even after 5 months of captivity has managed to elude the law, elude our great Constitution, and is still happily alive, being fed on tax-payers' money, more food than he would have been eating in his home somewhere there, and still harbouring high hopes of finding critical loop-holes in our ... system. Makes my heart ache, my blood boil. 

Had it been any other country, he probably wouldn't have survived even a month after the incident. He can thank his stars, that his boss chose India ... misery for some, luck for others....

The problem with us Indians is that .. we are convoluted by nature, we tend to make mountains out of mole-hills, and in the end, find ourselves at sea to understand how a mere mole-hill is made ... I guess it's a fault with our own selves that we are, where we are ... Otherwise, isn't it a mockery that this great constitution, armed with such aforementioned features fails to deal with a highest order criminal ... where just one article would probably have been enough to end him? Sad ...isn't it?