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Aruna Roy
The writer is an activist based in rural Rajasthan.
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The RTI is dead. Long live the RTISubscriber Only
October 14, 2025 07:04 IST
The recently passed (but yet to be implemented) Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) threatens to destroy the power and utility of the RTI Act, as well as severely curtail freedom of expression in the country
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy write: Data Protection Bill does not protect us — it attacks our rightsSubscriber Only
August 07, 2023 17:35 IST
Not only does it sound the death knell for the RTI Act, but it also makes anyone and everyone who deals with someone else's information liable for prosecution for any breach of its provisions
Thu, Aug 10, 2023
Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey write: Let’s separate rights from freebiesSubscriber Only
July 14, 2023 07:03 IST
Rajasthan government's promise of bringing in a Minimum Income Guarantee Law is welcome. Next, it must enact the repeatedly-promised accountability law
Fri, Jul 14, 2023
Civil society is not the enemySubscriber Only
November 18, 2021 04:30 IST
Aruna Roy writes: NSA Ajit Doval’s theory about 'fourth generation warfare' undermines Constitution, will do great harm to the nation’s security
Fri, Nov 19, 2021
When the state is silent, it becomes the citizen’s duty to speak up and express dissentSubscriber Only
September 05, 2020 03:20 IST
Hinduism is a secular religion in its philosophical assumptions, as probably all religions are. Those claiming to speak for nationalism are forcing us to choose between manufactured polarities of being secular or being religious.
Sat, Sep 05, 2020
An open-ended, expanded employment guarantee at minimum wages should be its centrepieceSubscriber Only
May 01, 2020 04:00 IST
It is a cruel irony that after the sacrifice they have been asked to undertake, they don’t even get the safety of physical distancing. Workers have lost hard-won rights, despite labour being the biggest contributor to the Indian growth story.
Fri, May 01, 2020
Statesmanship requires taking people along; when basic security is denied, hope diesSubscriber Only
April 18, 2020 04:00 IST
Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy write: Prime Minister demanded discipline and sacrifice from the people, while offering no measures to alleviate distress of those who have lost their dignity and livelihoods.
Sat, Apr 18, 2020
It is poetic irony that govt’s autocratic steps to quell dissent has produced the biggest awakening in recent historySubscriber Only
January 10, 2020 00:20 IST
At the core of the non-violent protests against the CAA, NRC and NPR is the message of peace and equality and an affirmation of solidarity with values enshrined in the Republic’s founding document.
Fri, Jan 10, 2020
Movements and governmentsSubscriber Only
December 15, 2017 00:42 IST
Outgoing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s tenure in NAC raised hope that the two can work together.
Fri, Dec 15, 2017
A lifeline, interruptedSubscriber Only
December 05, 2017 00:54 IST
Government is prioritising savings over MGNREGA and rights of the poor.
Tue, Dec 05, 2017
Excluded by AadhaarSubscriber Only
June 05, 2017 00:35 IST
Thousands of crores are supposed to have been saved in this massive anti-corruption drive, but not a single criminal case has been filed. It is delusional to celebrate the Aadhaar tidal wave, and criminal to turn a blind eye to hard facts about exclusion.
Mon, Jun 05, 2017
Poor swiped out in choice-less, not cash-less, societySubscriber Only
December 30, 2016 00:39 IST
For the poor, with little cash in the first place, digital promises to ‘swipe’ them out, before their marginalisation is even addressed.
Fri, Dec 30, 2016
Starving MGNREGASubscriber Only
March 30, 2016 00:22 IST
The MGNREGA was inspired by the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Act, passed in 1977, wherein policymakers found wage employment as the best way to empower people against drought
Wed, Mar 30, 2016
RTI on my sideSubscriber Only
October 12, 2015 00:16 IST
Ten years on, it is a weapon for the citizen facing arbitrary power. It needs to be protected, taken further.
Mon, Oct 12, 2015
One Year of Modi govt: Bure din for social sectorSubscriber Only
May 28, 2015 00:00 IST
Modi government has damaged the rights-based legislative framework without spelling out what will replace it.
Thu, May 28, 2015
One ‘adarsh’ village is not enoughSubscriber Only
January 02, 2015 00:32 IST
There is a shrinking of resources for rural development. And an imposition of resource-free symbolic programmes
Fri, Jan 02, 2015
Gujarat polls: a challenge to one’s intelligenceSubscriber Only
December 10, 2002 00:00 IST
What has happened in Gujarat from February 2002 is a nightmare, the like of which independent India has not seen. The India of our dreams is...
Tue, Dec 10, 2002Journalism of Courage
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