Icons of Social Change

Icons of Social Change

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Author: Scharada Bail
Publisher: Penguin/Puffin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 130
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143334832

Description

Icons brings you the stories of the men and women who have changed the face of India as we know it. By their achievements in their chosen fields, they have provided us with inspiration and encouragement. Each of the ten stories is a revelation of how talent, determination and individual aspiration can make heroes.

. This book tells us about:

MAHASWETA DEVI, the brilliant Bengali writer who through her writings and her work among tribals in various parts of India has brought to light their pitiable living conditions.

BAGA AMTE, who fought against the stigma associated with leprosy and set up a community for leprosy patients which is self-sufficient in every way.

CHANDI PRASAD BHATT, the man behind the famous Chipko Movement and guardian of the dwindling forests of Garhwal.

J N KAUL, the founder of the SOS Children’s villages in India, who has helped innumerable orphaned children rebuild their lives.

ELA BHATT, who encouraged he exploited women workers of Ahmedabad to take charge of their finances through the cooperative, SEWA

BINDESHWAR PATHAK, the first to acknowledge and work actively towards spreading awareness about the right to cleanliness and privacy through Sulabh, a chain of public toilets.

ARUNA ROY, who started the Right to Information movement so that every citizen knows how public funds are being utilized by the elected representatives.

SUGATHA KUMARI, the poet and environmental activist from Kerala who restored a destroyed forest and went on to start a shelter for battered, homeless and exploited women.

RAJENDRA SINGH, who achieved what many thought impossible by bringing water back into the wells and rivers of western Rajasthan.

SANDEEP PANDEY, the man whose mission is to transform the lives of India’s underprivileged children through education.

Each of these stories is a lesson in how unswerving resolve and dedication can change the world and society.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

Mahasweta Devi

Baba Amte

Chandi Prasad Bhatt

J N Kaul

Ela Bhat

Bindeshwar Pathak

Aruna Roy

Sugatha Kumari

Rajendera Singh

Sandeep Pandey