About the Book: Human Rights In South Asia
The concept of human rights is necessarily evolving in nature apace with the
evolution of human civilization in the context of a changing social, political,
economic and cultural milieu. This book aims to present a general overview of
the human rights situation in South Asia. The ethos and problems of a developing
ancient oriental society like India must first be understood before an
acceptable standard of rights, performance assessment is evolved. Indeed, the
non-dirigible rights to life and dignity do provide a universal bottom line.
Yet, to look at a society purely through that looking-glass is to ignore the
ground