Democratic Rights Movement in India

This is a compilation of 12 important papers presented in the Third Arvind Memorial Seminar held in Lucknow from 22–24 July 2011. The question of democratic rights has acquired immense importance and relevance today. The chariot of development is moving ahead in the country, trampling ordinary people in its way. The ruling system makes no delay in crushing every voice raised from the hell of darkness in the foothills of the summits of prosperity. The policies of economic fundamentalism have prepared a fertile ground for religious-racial-casteist fundamentalism. Even the remaining democratic space in the society has rapidly shrunk in the…