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Grassroots Activism

Forgotten Heroes

Irom Sharmila: The Woman Who Fasted for 16 Years Against AFSPA

Irom Chanu Sharmila fasted for 5,778 days in protest of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Her fast ended in 2016; AFSPA remains. This is her story and what the law she fought still does in India's Northeast.

Environment

The Chipko Legacy: How India's Grassroots Environmental Movements Inspire the World

The Chipko movement began in 1973 when Himalayan villagers hugged trees to stop commercial logging. Led by Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Gaura Devi, and Sunderlal Bahuguna, this grassroots revolution won a 15-year logging ban and inspired environmental movements worldwide, from Kenya's Greenbelt Movement to today's climate activism.