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Contents
Acknowledgments Preface Note Introduction
Dossiers
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The Rights of the Child 13 Maharukh Adenwalla .................................................................................................. The Rights of the Disabled 25 Meera Pillai .................................................................................................. The Rights of the Dalits 39 Martin McGowan .................................................................................................. Reproductive Rights 51 N B Sarojini .................................................................................................. Human Rights and the Environment
Ashish Kothari & Anuprita Patel 71 .................................................................................................. Land and Housing Rights Miloon Kothari & Sabrina Karmali 91 ..................................................................................................
The Rights of Home-based Workers
Vibha Puri Das & Aditi Kapoor 109 .................................................................................................. Gandhian Struggles for Land Rights Dr. D Jeevan Kumar 121 ..................................................................................................
The Rights of Fish Workers
Nalini Nayak 141 .................................................................................................. 10. The Right to