TY - BOOK AU - Roy, Aruna. TI - The RTI story power to the people SN - 978-8193626047 U1 - 323.4450 PY - 2018/// CY - New Delhi PB - Roli Books KW - Social justice KW - Social movements KW - India--Rajasthan KW - India KW - RTI story N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -