India, Jan. 26 -- As India celebrates Republic Day 2026, the Constitution often comes up in speeches, on hoardings, and, of course, in the classrooms. But beyond ceremonial readings and framed copies, constitutional rights quietly shape daily life - on busy roads, inside buses, at construction sites, in schools, and more so via on smartphone screens.

"The Constitution is not something locked inside books. It is alive in how safely we breathe, how freely we speak, and how equally we are treated every day," Tanya Chaudhary, a 27-year-old psychologist and resident of Delhi, said.

HT spoke to a cross-section of people in Delhi about how they define the rights in everyday lives.

Drafted after lengthy debate and adopted in 1950, the Constitu...