India's founding moment 

This book is frustratingly enlightening. 

Frustrating because it was written by an academic, possibly for other academics - the language he employs does not make it easy.

However, and this is crucial, if you persevere through the academese, the incidents, concepts and people discussed here, give us a perspective that is fundamentally crucial to understanding Indian democracy as it was created. 

So, as we celebrate India’s T20 World Cup win, here is to a better understanding of why the Union exists.