Though he keeps a low profile, his is a voice taken very seriously by the Central Government

Her autobiography, Aaidan, or The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoirs, is a profound inspiration

Their NGO, Janaagraha, has been instrumental in securing citizen participation in governance

He examines how India’s disadvantaged groups are taken for a ride by certain political parties

Her activism strikes at the root of the insular traditions of religion and India's androcentric culture

He is a hard-nosed economist known for his incisive commentaries on India and economic trends

He is the new ‘war room’ manager on the block, hired by the BJP to take on Prashant Kishor in Uttar Pradesh

The country's favourite poll meister, he is an assiduous kingmaker who does not waste his pawns

He has one foot in the spiritual world as a Ramakrishna Mission monk and another in Mathematics

A Harvard professor of economics, his views have found immense appeal among policymakers in the US