Executive hubris

Such issues and the recent one of appointing a SC judge ought to be seen   beyond their  present context.That we have been treating  constitutionally installed institutions with less than due regard ,has been the bane of this nation.In too many an  instance we have tried to  circumvent legal estoppels  If the basic  pillars of our national edifice were to endlessly seek to demonstrate their superiority over the other ,the rules of the game will never be defined. We will be constantly running into one or the other problem  .That in six decades we have amended the Constitution 118 times, only highlights   our legislative preponderance and an executive hubris. The USA in over 226 years has brought in changes to its constitution just 17 times..The British are doing fine for centuries without a written constitution. They chose to operate on mutual faith and respect, commodities that have ever been in short supply in our polity, particularly in the last three decades.
Pub Deccan Herald ;July 1