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Anatomy of a Movement

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Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh speak at the closing plenary on “The Anatomy of a People’s Movement” at the Skoll World Forum 2010. Roy talks about how important it is to know what is going on in India, because if you don’t, “You can’t get your schooling, you can’t get your medicines, you can’t get your rations, you can’t get anything.” Their organizations can be found at www.mkssindia.org and www.righttoinformation.info.

Speakers

  • Shankar Singh
    Activist , Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
    Shanker Singh, aged 55, is one of the founder members of the MKSS along with Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey. Acknowledged to be one of India’s leading figures in people’s theatre, he has combined over two decades of activism with the power of people’s communication through street theatre, puppetry, song, and drama to strengthen the voice of the poor. Through his uncanny, incisive wit and his keen political insight, he instinctively communicates complex issues in an idiom familiar to the people.
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  • Nikhil Dey
    Activist , Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
    Nikhil Dey, aged 47, is one of the founder members of the MKSS along with Aruna Roy and Shankar Singh. He has been a part of the organisation’s decision making collective and its numerous struggles of the poor for land, the payment of minimum wages, justice, and equality. He has also been a part of the organisation’s involvement in larger campaigns - most notably for the People’s Right to Information, the Right to Work, and the larger struggle for democratic rights.
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  • Aruna Roy
    Activist , Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan
    Aruna Roy began work as a civil servant. In 1975, she resigned to join the Social Work and Research Centre. In 1987, along with Shanker Singh, and Nikhil Dey, she helped form MK SS - a grassroots peasants and workers organisation, credited for founding India’s Right to Information movement. As a member of the central government’s National Advisory Council from 2004-2006, she played a key role in incorporating strong citizens entitlements in the Right to Information and National Rural Employment Guarantee Acts.
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