{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-big-picture.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F16-the-constitution-at-70-m2QX56vD","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"16: The Constitution at 70","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/55e7c39b-1404-45e5-8fb9-c538d40f3854/d859a5b2-2d24-4ad8-8c2a-099f5a6ff861/36964012.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/e2ba9e86-de63-4521-baba-d3829513bd01\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"16: The Constitution at 70\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On January 26, India marked the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution. The text represents the audaciousness of the drafters - for they dared to dream of a democracy with universal adult franchise and fundamental rights for citizens in a society which was deeply divided on identity lines and was marked by poverty and illiteracy. What drove them? How has the Constitution fared since? To discuss this, Madhav Khosla - who teaches at Columbia and Ashoka Universities and is the author of a remarkable new book, India’s Founding Moment: The Constitution of a Most Surprising Democracy - joins this edition of The Big Picture."}