Prophets of New India : Twenty Social Workers Who Transformed the Lives of Thousands of People

Contents: Foreword. 1. Prophet of a new India/Baba Amte. 2. Doctor, teacher, wrestler, beggar/Raghavendra Swamiji. 3. The Master Masai/Tushar Kanjilal. 4. Compassion incarnate/Bhagat Puran Singh. 5. He lets nothing go waste/B.V. Parameswara Rao. 6. A widow who dared to fight back/Rukmabai Tullur. 7. Man who made the meek aware/P.K.S. Madhavan. 8. Mother of freedom/Malati Devi Choudhury. 9. Reaching out with love/A.R. Palanisamy. 10. Miracles from a wheelchair/S. Ramakrishnan. 11. Doctor Didi/Kshama Metre. 12. Justice of peace and progress/Harivallabh Parikh. 13. A shower of love/Kantisen Shroff. 14. Dream team/Abhay Bang and Rani Bang. 15. Alice's wonderland/Alice Garg. 16. Kiss of life for mother earth/Rajendra Singh. 17. Pilgrim with the Scalpel/Sharadkumar Dicksheet. 18. Wanderer, grow home/Ratan Katyayani. 19. Master touch/Sonam Wangchuk. 20. Sermon on the mount/Anil Joshi.

"Since 1982, The Week has annually featured the man or woman of the year, each of whom has worked silently to bring about change in the lives of disadvantaged people and communities.

The criteria for selecting these people: they are relatively unknown, their work has transformed the lives of the people they work for, and their vision has endured in the form of institutions and people to carry on the work.

This is a collection of heart-warming and inspiring stories of twenty such men and women who hold out a candle of hope. (jacket)