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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.
Magsaysay Award-winning social activist Aruna Roy's remarkably forthright memoir is the story of two parallel journeys---a fifty-year-long engagement with public action in India, and a personal narrative that traces how the author has striven to convert her ideological convictions into practice.
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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.
Aruna Roy, a name synonymous with social activism, grassroots empowerment, and unwavering commitment to justice, was born in year 1946, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
1 day ago · Around Town. Aruna Roy once worked with an ‘extremely crude’ politician. Jane Austen came to her rescue. Roy was speaking at the debut session of a lecture series, ‘Literature Matters’, by Hindi writer and cultural czar Ashok Vajpeyi’s Raza Foundation. Antara Baruah.
Jul 26, 2024 · Social activist Aruna Roy looks back at her years of activism after she resigned from the IAS in 1975 to work for the rural poor.
Aug 31, 2024 · The title of Aruna Roy’s memoir, The Personal is Political, reflects the feminist slogan popularised during the second wave of the movement in the 1960s. The phrase encapsulates the central...
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 social activist who co-founded the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana (MKSS), a social and grassroots organization for the empowerment of workers and peasants. It is a major civil rights movement in India and played a crucial role in the establishment of the Right to Information Act (RTI).
Aug 13, 2024 · In the realm of Indian activism, Aruna Roy stands as a towering figure. After a career in India’s civil service, which began in 1968, failed to ignite her passion for change, she moved to social...
