Indian Express: New Delhi: Sunday, March 01, 2015.
Anna
Hazare: His 2011
campaign spawned AAP. As he protests against the Centre’s proposed changes in
rules for land acquisition, he wields a lot of influence.
Aruna Roy: Ex-IAS officer, Magsaysay award
winner and currently a Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan member, she has been seen
as a leader on RTI, MNREGA for decades.
Kailash
Satyarthi: He won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work against child labour.
Prabhakar
Kelkar: The chief of
the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, the farm wing of the RSS, has hit out at the
government over the land ordinance.
Sheikh
Ghulam Rasool:
Convenor of the J&K RTI movement, his work in the state has kept the
establishment on its toes, including during the floods.
Baba Adhav: A doctor and trade unionist of
Maharashtra, he has brought together head loaders, rag-pickers, domestic
workers and other weaker groups for pro-Dalit social reform.
Jean Dreze: The economist-cum-activist is a key
voice in the the Right to Food campaign. He was instrumental in framing
MGNREGA.
Medha
Patkar: Thanks to her
land-centred movements, the Narmada Bachao Andolan founder will remain
important this year as the land acquisition law is changed.
Priya
Pillai: The
Greenpeace campaigner is the face of adversarial civil society. Made headlines
when she was offloaded from a plane while on her way to the UK.
Teesta
Setalvad: Her
standoff with the Gujarat government- and by extension the Centre- over a
memorial for 2002 riot victims makes hers a test case on how the govt deals
with adversaries.
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