Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement might have aroused high sentiment in India but social activist Aruna Roy believes it lacked the ideological tethering that is required to hold mass campaigns......
Aruna Roy-led National Campaign for People's Right to Information on Tuesday attacked the Lokpal Bill for its "lack of appropriateness", saying it does not provide for adequate independence for the......
As his indefinite fast against "inflated" power bills entered the 11th day, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday got the support from activists Aruna Roy and Medha Patkar, who had......
Civil society activist Aruna Roy, who has quit the Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council over the issue of minimum wages, on Thursday said that she would go back to activism now in a total......
Social activist Aruna Roy in a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi expressed her displeasure over the arrests of Medha Patkar and other campaigners and over the violation of right to peaceful......
Ask Aruna Roy, one of the conveners of the People's Audit on Special Economic Zones, what is wrong with India's Special Economic Zones Act, 2005, and there's no stopping her. Fighting for the......
She felt disempowered by the 'selfish' and 'worthless' ways of India's burgeoning urban middle class. It were the rural and urban poor, who taught her the true meaning of life. Unlike the upwardly......
NREGS has no place in the scheme of things that Kejriwal prescribes for the nation in his book Swaraj, says Sreelatha Menon. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is the only......
Larry Summers, the recently departed Chairman of US President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, posed the following question before his trip to India last November: "What is the......
Non-government activists Aruna Roy and Jean Dreze, who are widely regarded as architects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP), boycotted its fourth anniversary celebrations......
'We didn't create the Angry Young Man persona for Amitabh Bachchan.''We created the Vijay persona and then Amitabh Bachchan fitted into it.' IMAGE: Amitabh Bachchan in Deewaar. Yash Chopra's......
Bollywood folk were present at the wedding reception builder and Producer Anand Pandit hosted for daughter Aishwarya and son-in-law Sahil. A look at the power couples and other guests. Shah......
Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......
Full of smouldering glares and scathing words, she's armed with more evil than hell can contain. She can also kill with a kiss and crush with a smile, all in a day's work. Beware! Buxom babe or......
When it's Mother's Day, Bollywood stars can't resist showing off their mamas. Please click on the images for a look at the stars and their moms. IMAGE: Bhumi Pednekar warmly hugs......