Parivartan

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Parivartan (Change) is a grass-roots activism organisation[1] based in the deprived neighbourhood of Sundar Nagri, New Delhi, India. The organisation was not officially registered as a non-governmental organisation and instead referred to itself as a jan andolan.[2]

Parivartan was founded by Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. As of 2012, the Parivartan offices in Sundar Nagri were not regularly open. The organisation at that time had two paid workers, one of whom, Santosh Koli, later died in a road incident not long after being selected as an election candidate by Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party. These people were in fact paid by a the Public Cause Research Foundation, which had been founded by Kejriwal in 2006 using money that he received from the Ramon Magsaysay Award in recognition of his work with Parivartan.[2][3][4]

Kejriwal noted in 2012 that the success of the organisation was limited, saying that it was "ephemeral and delusionary in nature. We got success on the issue till the time we worked on it in that area but as we moved on to next issue the old issue became even worse than before."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Baweja, Harinder (8 December 2013). "How Arvind Kejriwal became the little, big man of Indian politics". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anand, Panini (13 August 2012). "The More They Change: Kejriwal’s original experiment in Sundar Nagri lies in tatters". Outlook India. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 
  3. ↑ "AAP leader Santosh Koli is dead". India TV News. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 
  4. ↑ Singh, Onkar (3 August 2006). "Kejriwal: Fighting for Parivartan". Rediff. Retrieved 23 December 2013. 
  5. ↑ Kejriwal, Arvind. Swaraj. Harper Collins. p. 6. ISBN 9788172237677. 

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