In India, politics is frequently seen as a battlefield where ideologies collide, laws are discussed, and the country’s destiny is decided. Beneath this utopian façade, nevertheless, comes a sharp reality: the contradiction between ground politics and intellectual politics. While ground politics is frequently entangled in pragmatism, identity-based rhetoric, and populism, intellectual politics reflects lofty goals and well-informed discussions. It is imperative that this theory-practice gap be closed if India’s democracy is to survive