Union Law Minister: Tiger's Role in India's Constitution, Ecology Highlighted

The tiger has a place both in the artwork of India’s original Constitution and in maintaining the country’s ecological balance, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Saturday.Meghwal was speaking at the launch of Sacred Tiger Tales: From Vedic Hymns to Tryst with Stripes, authored and photographed by senior Law Ministry official Manoj Kumar.The 248-page coffee-table book, published by OakBridge Publishing, was unveiled by Meghwal alongside Attorney General R Venkataramani at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book features 82 short narratives spanning scripture, classical literature, folklore, colonial history, and modern conservation, alongside photographs taken across Indian tiger reserves.The launch brought together figures across law, government, wildlife conservation, photography and publishing.Meghwal referred to the artwork in the original handwritten Constitution prepared under the guidance of artist Nandalal Bose, noting that its decorative borders incorporate animal representations including a tiger motif.“The constitutional journey of ‘We, the people of India’ is not separate from nature,” Meghwal said in Hindi.The Minister also highlighted the artwork accompanying Part XVI of the Constitution, which depicts Rani Lakshmibai and Tipu Sultan, popularly remembered as the “Tiger of Mysore”.These illustrations establish a direct civilisational connection between constitutional governance and nature.“The