For the first time we see such stories in Indian media and I would compliment ‪#‎rajkamaljha‬ and ‪#‎Indianexpress‬ for carrying them on this‪#‎independenceday‬ when we are thumping our chest for 68 years of democracy. It shows how the nation, its democracy, its political movements and those who claim to lead them have failed the people all the way.

Rs 400 as pension to a 5-km road, the right to have own name to the right to study, fight against a 'polluting' gold factory to 'dirty' coal mines, and a stand against giant dams to a script for a language. Unseen, unheard, these are some of the...