Video volunteers from across the country have been shooting short, candid film clips on official apathy. Some of these videos have made the authorities sit up and take notice.
Ramsakhi Ahirwar, 32, of village Khamariya in Madhya Pradesh, is an unlikely activist. A Class X dropout, mother of three and a daily-wager who rolls beedis for a living, Ahirwar does not fit the bill of a crusader who takes on the administrative machinery of her village to ensure wages for workers under MGNREGA. But that is precisely what she did.
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Earlier this year, Ahirwar, who was associated with Sagar Shri Mahila Mahasangh, was asked to appear for an interview for the post of a video volunteer. She was selected, and after a 10-daytraining session in Lucknow, she returned home as a professional video volunteer.
Ahirwar is one of many video volunteers across India.
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