CHAPTER ONE
Devdungri: The Beginning
CHAPTER TWO Sohangarh and the Struggle for Land
CHAPTER THREE
The Concept and Birth of the MKSS
CHAPTER FOUR
The First Hunger Strike, 1990
CHAPTER FIVE
The Bhim Minimum Wages Sammelan
CHAPTER SIX The Second Hunger Strike, 1991 - A Watershed
CHAPTER SEVEN Exposing the Myth of the Free and Open Market
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Government Enquiry Endorses Janawad Public Hearings
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE NCPRI Convention, Beawar 2001
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Post-Janawad and the Response of the Government of Rajasthan
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Jan Niti Abhiyan
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Freedom of Information Bill, 2002
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Friends and Colleagues in Delhi
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Second NCPRI, 2004
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE RTI Law 2005 and the NAC
CHAPTER THIRTY RTI Amendments, 2006

The RTI Story: Power to the People is the story of a campaign that evolved into a genuine and vibrant people’s movement. Culled from the voices of people, often such stories only feed into the research of scholars, largely unacknowledged and forgotten. The dominant narrative is always from the perspective of the ruler and single individuals. One had hoped that democracy would set it right. But the people who are the primary contributors to the discourse always remain on the fringes. Written by Aruna Roy with the MKSS collective, this book is for everyone who asks questions, seeks answers to fight corruption and injustice and challenges arbitrary power. It is a celebration of commitment laced with humour, the struggle, the songs, the theatres of protest, long spells on the street and drafting a peoples’ law.

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