Activism-Passion or Profession
When people are committed to correcting a wrong, they don't think what is going to happen in their personal life. They think about how they are going to correct things for others. Such people are called activists. Some of them are:
Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan
Anna Hazare of Indian anti-corruption movement
Teesta Seetalvad of Citizens for justice and peace - communal violence in Gujrat
Sunderlal bahuguna of Chipko movement
Swami Agnivesh of the Bonded labor liberation movement
All of these activists are unique personalities in their own right. Highly educated, madly dedicated to their cause and badly treated by vested interests.
They are not free from controversies. Some brand them for playing on the hands of foreign hands that finance their activities for their own good. Some are even branded anti-national.
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