In a democratic country different community living together. It was not going to be easy for them to trust each other. They had their fears. They wanted to safeguard their interests. Even if they managed to trust each other, what was the guarantee that this trust will not be broken in future?

The only way to build and maintain trust in a game is to write down some rules of the game that everyone would abide by. These rules lay down how the rulers are to be chosen in future. These rules also determine what the elected governments are empowered to do and what they cannot do. Finally these rules decide the rights of the citizen. These rules will work only if the winner cannot change them very easily. These rules will be supreme, that no government will be able to ignore these. This set of basic rules is called a constitution.

Read: Making of the Indian Constitution.

All over the world people have differences of opinion and interests. Whether democratic or not, most countries in the world need to have these basic rules. This applies not just to governments. Any association needs to have its constitution. It could be a club in your area, a cooperative society or a political party, they all need a constitution.