Articles by Arup Kumar Sen

The collective struggles of workers often do not give sustained attention to the plight of workers at the micro level. A recent report on abuses and violations of human rights in tea plantations in India noted: “Tea workers are at the mercy of tea garden owners and management.

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“Encounter” killings and rapes have become an organic part of everyday life in the tribal state of Chhattisgarh in recent years. The fact-finding reports of human rights organisations bear testimony to it.

In the wake of the assembly elections in West Bengal in May 2016, instances of violence have been reported from different parts of West Bengal. In most cases, fingers have been pointed at the ruling party, the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), for instigating politics of vendetta.

In the context of the ongoing assembly elections in different states of India, politics and democracy take a specific meaning: exercising one’s voting right as a citizen in favour of a candidate belonging to a particular political party.