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Vijay Tendulkar: An artist and an activist Renowned playwright, novelist and activist Vijay Tendulkar, who died on May 19, discusses, in this interview recorded last year, the role and responsibilities of the artist, the importance of freedom of expression, and the frightening dichotomies of our times More... A space of their ownWomen’s activist Daud Sharifa Khanam, first recipient of the Durgabai Deshmukh Award instituted by the Central Social Welfare Board, began a Muslim Women’s Jamaat in 2003 to provide Muslim women a space to express themselves and contest traditional, repressive diktats More... Irom Sharmila: Eight years on, and still fightingA profile of the unique rebel who is fighting for a repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Manipur, by the author of a new book on Irom Sharmila More... Vidya Munsi: Poster girl of the Indian women's movementVidya Munsi has been at the forefront of activism for over 65 years, joining the Indian communists in UK when the communist party was still illegal in India, becoming West Bengal’s first working woman journalist, and advocating throughout the cause of women More... Satish Kumar: Walking the talkSatish Kumar, editor of the alternative magazine Resurgence, talks about his 8,000-mile journey on foot to protest nuclear weapons, and the connections between peace, social justice and sustainability More... '1% of our GDP will provide social security for the unorganised sector'Recently nominated Man of the Year, veteran trade union leader Baba Adhav has spent a lifetime advocating the rights of porters, construction workers and others in the unorganised sector. He is now pressing for the passage of the Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Bill More... Chitamma: Nari shaktiChitamma is the driving force behind Samudram, a federation of fisherpeople in 21 coastal blocks of Orissa that trains women to be economically independent and demands entitlements to education, public health, PDS and water More... Mukta Jhodia: 'I will die for my bheeta mati'Mukta Jhodia, tribal woman leader and first recipient of the Chingari Award for Women Fighting Corporate Crime 2007, talks about her relentless struggle against the Utkal Alumina bauxite mining and processing project in Kashipur, Orissa More... Working with nature, in suicide countryTwenty years after the glory days of the Green Revolution, the yield from Subhash Sharma's farm plummeted, even as input costs increased. He switched to organic farming as a last-ditch effort. Thirteen years on, his farm in Yavatmal is flourishing, and has become a model for hundreds of other farmers More... John Papa battles to retain controlled tourismColonel John Wakefield, 92, who shot his first tiger when he was 10 but is now a passionate conservationist, is battling to keep 'market forces' away from Karnataka's Kabini River Lodge More... 'No peace without equitable sharing of resources': Wangari MaathaiNobel Laureate Wangari Maathai talks about her passion for planting trees, and the strong links between the environment, democracy and peace More... 'Gandhi works, always'LC Jain looks back on half-a-century of policymaking and analysis and traces India's problems to one key factor: an over-reliance on the bureaucracy to helm India's development, and our failure to remember what Gandhi knew well -- nothing should and can be done without the involvement of the people More... Papamma sows seeds of changePapamma is the driving force behind the seed conservation movement in D Kurubarahalli village, Karnataka. Slowly but surely she has managed to turn the mindset of the villagers towards preserving and maintaining traditional seed varieties and setting up kitchen gardens to ensure food security More... 'There is more slavery today than in the 1800s': Gloria SteinemTrafficking is almost as profitable as the arms and drugs trade, says legendary women's rights activist and writer Gloria Steinem More... |
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