Contents: Acknowledgements Gandhi's Talisman and Ambedkar's Life of Contradictions: Constitutional Values and the Evolving State Idea in Neo-liberal Majoritarian India Harsh Mander and Usman Jawed VULNERABLE GROUPS Urban Homeless People with Mental Illness Mrinalini Ravi, Lakshmi Ravikanth and Sarbani Dasroy 'Death Lurks in the Gardens': Crisis, Coping and Struggles of the Tea Garden Workers in Duars Anirban Bhattacharya Building India Brick by Brick: Labourers in the Construction Industry Ravi Srivastava Switches and Stitches: Unpacking Home-based Work Nandini Dey & Vivek Mishra BUDGET AND PLANNING Recent Changes in the Planning Architecture in India: Consequences for Decentralised Planning and Social Equity Jawed Alam Khan and Priyanka Samy, PUBLIC GOODS Exclusion in Indian Higher Education Today Satish Deshpande and Apoorvanand Financial Inclusion: Access to Banking and Credit Dipa Sinha A Deferred Dream: Land Alienation of Scheduled Tribes in Postcolonial India Rajanya Bose Fair Trial Rights and the Death Penalty in India Anup Surendranath and Rishika Sahgal