'Workers' struggles should be linked to wider social change'

Times of India Tuesday 1st May, 2012

Babasaheb Pandurang Adhav is a legend in the field of labour rights and social activism. As the world observed another Labour Day, Baba Adhav, the 82-year-old recipient of the Times of India's Social Impact Lifetime Contribution Award, spoke with Bharat Dogra about empowering society's most vulnerable, why young people today are reluctant to join activism - and the odd position of satyagraha in the country of its birth:

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