Human Rights in India: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives. Edited by Chiranjivi J. Nirmal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000. 333 pp. $27.95 (cloth).

Abstract

The essays in this volume tackle the complex issue of human rights from different perspectives, and cover such diverse issues as the rights of tribal peoples, prisoners and refugees, the constitutional context of human rights, human rights in education, feminist perspective, the role of the media, organizational bases of human rights and the NHRC.