00953pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001800040245009100058260000900149300001600158362001100174520058000185650002000765773003400785180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aJha, Sheefali  aRights versus representation: defending minority interests in the Constituent Assembly  c2003  ap.1579-583.  a19 Apr  aIn the name of democracy, the constituent assembly of India adopted certain specific individual and collective rights to religion. Democracy, however, is not just about rights; another integral component of democracy is representation. This essay argues that the granting of a range of individual and collective religious rights to the minorities was used, in the constituent assembly, to justify the refusal of their demand for more adequate mechanisms of representation, for instance, for proportional representation or for reserved seats in the legislatures. - Reproduced.  aMinority groups  aEconomic and Political Weekly