{"product_id":"08hviozwldr9","title":"The Personal Is Political: An Activists Memoir by Aruna Roy [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Aruna Roy reflects on [a] life of deep engagement, weaving the personal and [the] political. A great inspiration.' - Amartya Sen \u0026amp; Jean Dreze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A brilliant and riveting feminist manifesto for social change.' - V (Formerly Eve Ensler)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'There are many who speak, but very few who act. This book is a testimonial to the fact that change comes only with action and reinforces the proverb \"Actions are the best words spoken\".' - Perumal Murugan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagsaysay Award-winning social activist Aruna Roy's remarkably forthright memoir is the story of two parallel journeys---a fifty-year-long engagement with public action in India, and a personal narrative that traces how the author has striven to convert her ideological convictions into practice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor many decades, Aruna Roy has lived with and worked for the benefit of marginalized communities in rural India, fighting for the right to survive in a hostile environment. Alongside accounts of the plight of the vulnerable and the transformative power of mass-based grassroots social movements, her recollections are marked with stories of resilient individuals and communities and their extraordinary resistance to oppression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoy recounts a powerful lesson learned from her extraordinary life: that every issue, whether it is poverty, discrimination, inequality, or corruption, has personal as well as political ramifications. It is only by connecting the personal and the political, Roy says, that each one of us can make a difference.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48328224997626,"sku":"08HVIOZWLDR9","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/08HVIOZWLDR9_1.jpg?v=1731339144","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/08hviozwldr9","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}