1. WE, THE PEOPLE
NANI A. PALKHIVALA
A Review

2. The Minds Behind GROUP NO: 5 Members: E. Renbi Jami N.Mohondas Singh
Mirza Azhar Beig
Salunkhe Shivkumar
Prithviraj
Lakshmisha G
R. Keerthi
Anu Jain
Lalramdinpuii Renthlei
Nishant Narayan

3. “Constructive Criticism for A Better India”
A threadbare Analysis of Palkhivala’s classic “WE, The People”.

4. THE BOOK WE, THE PEOPLE Author- NANI A. PALKHIVALA
Publisher- UBS Publishers’ Distributors Pvt. Ltd
Price-Rs.225
Pages- 368
First edition-1984
Latest Reprint-2012

5. The Author Born :Jan 1920, Bombay, Parsi Family.
Multi Faceted Persona: Teacher/Author/Economic thinker/Manager
India’s Ambassador to the U.S.A.
Stalwart of Judiciary

6. Content of the book Education, Democracy and Socialism Taxation
Constitutional issues
Personalities, Diplomacy and the Law

7. Purpose of the Book Constructive, optimistic suggestion
To my countrymen-
“Who gave unto themselves the constitution
But not the ability to keep it,
who inherited a resplendent heritage but not the wisdom to cherish it,
who suffer and endure the perception of their potential”

8. Summary Failure to maintain law and order
Lack of will to bring unbounded economic potential to fruition
Lack of human investment
Moral degradations

9. Evaluation Strengths - Constructive criticism Weakness
Overtly critical
Technical language
Compilation of anecdotes
Authors contribution

10. Recommendations Insight to historical experiences To have better India
Build efficient political system
To reform India's public policy

11. Conclusion Lucid and felicitous narration
Incisive analysis of public policies
Threadbare analysis of constitutional issues
Draw academic and practical ideas from different fields
Apt comparison, trenchant criticism
Patriotic fervor

12. THANKS !!!