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📘 Book Details

• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House

• Translator: Ashok Padhye

• Language: Marathi (Translated from English)

• Edition: 1

• Publishing Year: June 2013

• ISBN: 9788184984804

• Pages: 456

• Cover: Paperback

• Category: Politics & Government

📝 About The Book

Falling Over Backwards, now available in Marathi through the expert translation of Ashok Padhye, is a thought-provoking and rigorously researched work by Arun Shourie — one of India’s most respected journalist-intellectuals. The book tackles one of the most polarizing issues in India’s socio-political landscape: reservations in education and employment.

Since the introduction of the Mandal Commission recommendations in 1989 by Prime Minister V.P. Singh, the policy of reservations has ignited fierce debates across the nation. Shourie addresses a critical question — have these policies truly uplifted the communities they were meant to serve, or have they become a political instrument of convenience?

With sharp insight and meticulous attention to legal and historical detail, Shourie dissects pro-reservation judgments by the Supreme Court and explores how these decisions may endanger India’s constitutional doctrine of the basic structure. He traces the evolution of reservation policies from the Constituent Assembly debates to recent judicial pronouncements, laying bare the political manipulations that continue to shape this deeply sensitive topic.

Blending passionate argument with data-driven analysis, Falling Over Backwards is both an intellectual critique and a clarion call to rethink social justice policy in India. It is a must-read for students, policymakers, legal professionals, and concerned citizens engaged in the future of India’s democracy and governance.