Aruna Roy, the IAS officer who gave up the civil service to live and understand life in rural India, is a celebrated feminist and activist. She believes in the power of social movements and collectives to transform the countryside and ensure the democratic rights of people, especially the poor and the marginalized. Some 34 years ago, she with Nikhil Dey and Shankar Singh moved into a small hut in Bhim, 110 km from Ajmer, and with peasants and workers of central Rajasthan started the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) to appraise issues from the grassroots, and understand their struggles for. . .