Under the present circumstances, then, the best constitution for India today would, I believe, incorporate the principles of democratic, representative government into a kind of benevolent, monarchical rule, traditional in India and understandable to the mass of its people. For half a century or more India should move forward toward her goal of government of the people along comfortably familiar lines, always encouraging, of course, the free development of the germ of evolution present in her body, so that, as conditions change, as the people become more educated and better trained to govern themselves, the necessary amendments could be made to her constitution to allow for a steady progress towards a true Indian democracy.
