Article 370 & 35A - The Grand Illusion and the Great Correction is a bold, uncompromising examination of one of independent India's most controversial constitutional experiments. This book breaks the long-maintained silence around the political deals, legal shortcuts, and power structures that kept Jammu & Kashmir isolated from India's constitutional mainstream for decades.
Author Shubham Dogra takes the reader deep into the historical roots of Kashmir's accession to India, exposing how "temporary" provisions were deliberately prolonged, how presidential powers were misused, and how special privileges created an artificial political class that thrived on separation, fear, and controlled narratives.
The book meticulously traces:
The birth of Article 370 and the backdoor insertion of Article 35A
The role of power politics in Delhi and Srinagar
The network of separatist funding, foreign influence, and dynastic rule
The economic stagnation engineered under the mask of autonomy
The legal and political journey that finally led to the historic constitutional correction of 2019
This is not a neutral retelling. This is a nation-first chronicle of how a constitutional wall was built inside India, and how it was ultimately dismantled in the interest of unity, equality, and national sovereignty.
A must-read for patriots, policy thinkers, students of Indian politics, and anyone seeking to understand how India reclaimed its constitutional soul.