Reflections on the Fight for Social Justice in India

Trending Globally: Politics and Policy

On this episode of Trending Globally Sarah Baldwin talks with Aruna Roy [https://watson.brown.edu/southasia/people/aruna-roy], one of India’s most prominent activists. In 1968 Roy joined the Indian Administrative Service, but left in 1975 to work directly with poor and marginalized communities. In 1987, she and two other activists founded MKSS (The Association for the Empowerment of Labourers and Farmers). They’ve fought for everything from the right to work to food security to government transparency. Roy is currently a fellow at the Watson Institute, and her new book 'Power to the People: The Right to Information Story' [https://www.amazon.com/Power-People-Right-Information-Story/dp/8193984625] looks at how the fight for government transparency in India grew from a movement into a law. (Photo Credit: Augustus Binu) You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/podcast/trending-globally/transcripts/E81_Aruna%20Roy_mixdown.pdf]