In the last few weeks of 2019, the Preamble to the Indian Constitution acquired an unprecedented significance in the history of modern India, 70 years after it was adopted. With the passing of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) in both the houses of Parliament in December 2019, spontaneous outbursts of protests occurred across India. These protests continued incessantly mostly fueled by the youth, women and supported by intellectuals, professionals and even some political parties and actors. One of the significant features of these protests has been the invoking of the Preamble of the Constitution at public rallies, in university campuses and even in front of the Supreme Court. The Preamble is being invoked in the digital sphere as well, with the document being used in profile pictures, posts or recited on various social media platforms. Reciting the Preamble in the public sphere – both in the physical and the…

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