Sonya Nigam, Executive Director of HRREC, Discusses Human Rights in India
Sonya Nigam, Executive Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) has published an article focusing on human rights in India in the latest edition of Canadian Lawyer.Writing from India, Ms. Nigam states, “From the comfort of our homes in Canada and the business of our lives, poverty is a remote experience. It is something that happens to someone else, somewhere else, and for which many of us have no emotional or physical touchstone besides the odd encounter with the homeless fellow in front of the grocery store or the subway. In India,” she continues, “this is not the case. Poverty is up close and personal, and multi-faceted. Poverty is visible as soon as you step out of the house, or go on any short drive.”
Click here to read “Reflecting on Human Rights in India” (February 14, 2011).
