Metamorphic Moment of the Indian Polity: Anatomizing the Evolution and Changing Dynamics of the Indian State against the Protean Nature of Cooperative Federalism

The elusive and paradoxical nature of Indian polity has been evident in the amalgamation Western patterns bureaucratic organization, participatory politics with indigenous practices institutional framework that had an organic growth on soil. While post-colonial India was characterized by incorporation democratic political ethos structural architecture, Westminster model parliamentary government representative legal institutions, it did not imply exact replication British architectonic system advanced industrial democracy. As process is subjected to dramatic transmutations cyclical changes, eventually acquired a mass character vibrancy exuberant participation marginalized underprivileged formations social groups arena, coupled regionalization polity, altering terms domination sowing seeds increasingly complex mechanism negotiation, competitive bargaining, alliance coalition-building, cooperative federalist arrangement. principle objective this paper put emphasis role state, transformation federalism process, while holistically encapsulating development multidimensional associated system, tracing departure from heyday Congress Nehruvian civic nationalism crystallization majoritarian edifice, propelled Hindu Nationalism.