Kalpana Kannabiran

Kalpana Kannabiran is a legal scholar and sociologist, currently Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, India. she has published extensively on the constitution, law and human rights. Her most recent book is Law Justice and Human Rights in India: Short Reflections (Orient BlackSwan 2021).

The statue of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in Visakhapatnam. File photo: K.R. Deepak/The Hindu

On Rights and Duties – Two Essays

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