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The Personal is Political (Rs 599, Penguin) by Aruna Roy is a memoir of the activist who started the famed Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (Association for ...
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Aruna Roy (née Jayaram, born 6 June 1946) is an Indian social activist, professor, union organiser and former civil servant. She is the president of the National Federation of Indian Women and founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan .
May 22, 2024 · Aruna Roy (born May 26, 1946, Madras [now Chennai], India) is an Indian social activist known for her efforts to fight corruption and promote government transparency.
Jan 26, 2022 · Aruna Roy is a social activist and founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS). Her work and leadership led to the enactment of the Right to Information (RTI) Act 2005—a landmark act that empowers citizens to demand transparency and accountability from government institutions.
Aruna Roy is an Indian RTI and social activist, and founder of the Indian political organisation ‘Workers and Peasants Strength Union.’. She was conferred with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for community leadership in 2000.
Aruna Roy is one of India’s most prominent activists. She was a civil servant from 1968 to 1975. In 1975 she resigned from the Indian Administrative Service to work with the rural poor in Rajasthan.
In her memoir, 'The Personal is Political', Aruna Roy supports the argument that leaders can be identified in rural areas and empowered with skills.
Hindustan Times | By Aruna Roy and the MKSS Collective. Apr 13, 2018 08:20 PM IST. This important book is an account of the stages of the MKSS campaign for the ordinary citizen’s right to basic...
