Human Rights in India: Issues and Concerns

Contents: 1. Introduction/Gopal Sharma and Amrita Kr. Shil. 2. Human rights: natural or constructed?- A philosophical quest/Jyotsna Saha. 3. Speaking on human rights: debates and discussion on the issue/Tirthankar Chakraborty and Tabesum Begam. 4. Universal periodic review and India: a study/Jyotiraj Pathak. 5. Human rights in India: post independence journey and institutional mechanism/Anjanjyoti Borah and Anshuman Saikia. 6. A glimpse on the impacts of globalisation on issues of human rights in contemporary Indian context- a socio-cultural perspective/Debarati Ghosh. 7. Trafficking in person and human rights violations in West Bengal- a cause of concern/Mousumi De Sarker and Aniruddha Burmon. 8. Socio-economic issues of Indo-Bangladesh enclaves and human rights concern/Surya Narayan Ray. 9. Crime against women in India- violation of human rights: an analytical perspective/Haripada Paul. 10. Human rights and state politics in India- a case study of Assam/Koyel Basu. 11. Status of slum dwellers and their rights: a case study of Cooch Behar municipal area in West Bengal/Mrinal Kanti Roy and Biswajit Debnath. 12. Comparing the theory and practice of child rights: focusing on the children of sex workers/Nalini Lama. 13. Issues of women's rights in India from the human rights perspectives: reference to the role of patriarchy and gender/Namit Lepcha. 14. Human rights and women empowerment, its impact on rural development: a case study/Nishit Baral. 15. Female infanticide and human rights in india/Nitay Baral. 16. Emergence of the national security state and human rights violations in north east India: a case of the armed forces special powers act/Pemu Tshering Lepcha. 17. A plight to human rights in terms of right to education: a study of Dinhata subdivision, Cooch Behar, West Bengal/Pinku Das. 18. Black magic, witchcraft and occultism among the tribes of north Bengal: a study in the light of human rights/Pranay Rajak. 19. Human rights and the constitution of India: special reference to article 21/Pujan Singh Ariya and Gopal Sharma. 20. Human rights and political will in India/Ranjan Kumar Das. 21. Socio-economic condition of tea garden labourers in Darjeeling hills and the issues of human rights: a case study of Tongsong and Pussimbang tea estates in Darjeeling/Sapang Tamang. 22. Right to vote or not to vote: an analysis in Indian perspective/Nazrul Islam. 23. Trafficking in women and children- violation of human rights: a case study of Alipurduar district, West Bengal/Surjapada Paul. 24. Analysis of historical prospects, issues and challenges of cyber crime in relation to human security/Anand Sherpa and Mamata Prasad. 25. Wetland degradation a threat to human rights: a case study of Koch Bihar District, West Bengal/Abdul Miraj. 26. Stone labours of Balasan colony in Terai of Darjeeling: a study in human right perspective/Biswajit Das. 27. Human rights in the context of women and children: an Indian scenario/Sumita Saha.…