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Subhash Kashyap’s Our Political System offers a clear, concise guide to the structure, principles, and functioning of India’s constitutional democracy. Kashyap explains the roles and relationships of major institutions — Parliament, the Executive, the Judiciary, the Election Commission, and federal units — while tracing their constitutional foundations and practical workings. Emphasizing constitutionalism, rule of law, and democratic accountability, the book illuminates how power is divided and exercised, how rights are protected, and how constitutional safeguards respond to political challenges.

Kashyap was an early critic of political defections. He traces the origin of the infamous phrase "Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram" to the 1960s in Haryana. Before the Anti-Defection Law (1985), legislators would switch parties for money or posts, destabilizing elected governments.