Volume III, Issue 1

The Discrimination and Denial of Fundamental Rights for the People of Sindh
Kavita Tekchandani

Abstract

Kavita Tekchandani, a recent graduate of the University of California Hastings School of Law, presents the plight of the Sindhis of Pakistan. The Sindhis, a people whose history dates back 5,000 years, are an ethnic and linguistic minority in Pakistan and face cultural and environmental discrimination, political oppression and violence. Her article brings to light the history of the Sindhis’ struggle to achieve fundamental freedoms as well their current struggle to save and maintain an environmentally sustainable home in Pakistan.