Description
Aakar Books The Fight to Win Rights Selected Writings of P A Sebastian A Moving Narrative of A Protracted Struggle to Subject Our Rulers to The Rule of Law by Bernard D'Mello
"This book will undoubtedly be very valuable, especially for young lawyers interested in rights lawyering." – Prashant Bhushan, public interest lawyer, Supreme Court of India. "P.A. Sebastian, human rights defender, housing rights activist and labour lawyer, all rolled into one, was a selfless pillar of strength in the legal battles of the poor and the downtrodden against an oppressive system. His writings will give us strength for the long and unfinished fight for justice in our unequal world." – Shabana Azmi, Indian film actresses & a committed social activist. 'The Fight to Win Rights' is a collection of Selected Writings of P.A. Sebastian, penned in the corridor of time between March 1980 and January 2011, with a thoughtful introduction by Bernarnd D'Mello. It is a profoundly upsetting characterisation of the Indian judicial system in so far as the exploited classes, the oppressed castes, the oppressed nationalities, women, Muslims, and other religious minorities, and Adivasis are concerned. Coming in these dark times when political forces wedded to an 'Indian variant of Nazism' are in power, when human-rights activists are subjected to legal persecution under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, this collection of Sebastian's writings could not have been more to-the-point and to-the-purpose.