Bezwada Wilson, Safai Karmachari Andolan, Magsaysay Award winner

“It is a story of ants fighting the elephant. MKSS has organized the ants to make the state concede the right to know. In the name of secrecy the marginalized have been victims of opaque and power centric state. But it was the power of grassroots that pushed the parliament to enact the law. As enshrined in the preamble of our Constitution the state is accountable to “we the people”. The struggle for transparency, equality and dignity is still on…”