Swami Agnivesh Biography: Early Life, Arya Samaj, Bonded Labour Liberation Front and Activism
Swami Agnivesh biography: born 21 September 1939, the saffron-robed Arya Samaj monk founded the Bandhua Mukti Morcha and campaigned against bonded labour…
Swami Agnivesh biography: born 21 September 1939, the saffron-robed Arya Samaj monk founded the Bandhua Mukti Morcha and campaigned against bonded labour…
Pandita Ramabai biography: born 23 April 1858, the Sanskrit scholar and reformer founded homes and schools for child widows and wrote The…
Kamla Bhasin biography: born 24 April 1946, the feminist writer, trainer and poet built women's networks across South Asia and popularised the…
Mother Teresa biography: born 26 August 1910 in Skopje, the nun became an Indian citizen, founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata…
Stan Swamy biography: born 26 April 1937 in Tamil Nadu, the Jesuit priest worked for Adivasi rights in Jharkhand and died in…
Prashant Bhushan, born in 1956, is a Supreme Court lawyer known for public interest litigation, the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and the…
Dayamani Barla is a Munda journalist and activist from Jharkhand who has campaigned against land acquisition and the ArcelorMittal steel plant, and…
Lakshmi Sahgal biography: born 24 October 1914 in Madras, "Captain Lakshmi" commanded the women's regiment of the Indian National Army and served…
Shabnam Hashmi biography: born in 1957, the sister of Safdar Hashmi founded ANHAD and has campaigned for communal harmony and women's rights…
Chewang Norphel (born 1935), a civil engineer from Ladakh, is known as the Ice Man for building artificial glaciers that extend the…
Gauri Lankesh biography: born 29 January 1962, the Kannada editor and activist was shot dead outside her Bengaluru home on 5 September…
Rajagopal P. V. biography: born in 1948 in Kerala, the Gandhian founder of Ekta Parishad has led tens of thousands of landless…