As a free-lance journalist and rural affairs editor of The Hindu, Sainath has taken a different path. Believing that "journalism is for people, not for shareholders," he has doggedly covered the lives of those who have been left behind.
As a free-lance journalist and rural affairs editor of The Hindu, Sainath has taken a different path. Believing that "journalism is for people, not for shareholders," he has doggedly covered the lives of those who have been left behind.
A young Filipino man who discovered the world of indigenous peoples and committed himself to improving their lives through education that emphasize literacy, livelihood and leadership skills that uphold their cultural values and traditions
A young Filipino man who discovered the world of indigenous peoples and committed himself to improving their lives through education that emphasize literacy, livelihood and leadership skills that uphold their cultural values and traditions
A medical doctor who discovered that the high incidence of HIV-AIDS in China's Henan province was due to the profitable but reckless business of selling human blood
A medical doctor who discovered that the high incidence of HIV-AIDS in China's Henan province was due to the profitable but reckless business of selling human blood
A Buddhist monk who formed South Korea's Jung To Society to apply Buddhist teachings to the full range of modern ills, from greed and poverty to environmental degradation
A Buddhist monk who formed South Korea's Jung To Society to apply Buddhist teachings to the full range of modern ills, from greed and poverty to environmental degradation
A Japanese painter famous for Silk Road paintings of dreamy desert landscapes in Iran, Iraq, and China who spearheaded efforts in protecting many world heritage sites
A Japanese painter famous for Silk Road paintings of dreamy desert landscapes in Iran, Iraq, and China who spearheaded efforts in protecting many world heritage sites
