Rajat asked his teacher this question: “ The constitution is a fifty year old and therefore outdated book. No one took my consent for implementing it. It is written in such tough language that I cannot understand it. Tell me why should I obey this document?” If you were the teacher, how would you answer Rajat?

Had I been the teacher I would answer Rajat that Indian Constitution is a blend of flexibility and rigidity. Though our Constitutionis more than fifty years old, it is still not outdated. As it has been amended more than 90 times upto now, so it could not be termed an old Constitutionas it has been modified from time to time.
This Constitution was framed by a Constituent Assembly. Although the members of the assembly were elected by a restricted suffrage, there was a serious attempt to make the assembly a representative body. Members of all communities, classes and regions were given representations in the scheme of the composition of the Assembly.
In terms of political parties the Congress dominated the Assembly occupying as many aseighty two percent of the seats in the assembly. The Congress itself was such a diverse party that it managed to accommodate almost all shades of opinion within it.
The constitution was made by credible leaders and its final authority are the Indian People. It is not important that every body is directly consulted for making a constitution. The only possible wayis to form a representative body which reflects all the communities, classes, and regions of acountry.
The Constituent Assembly which framed our Constitution could be termed as such a body. Further it is not possible to word every provisionin lucid and carry terminology as it may increasethe bulk size of the constitution. A constitutionis at best in codified form.