Paromita Goswami
Category: Life

Working for other is no easy task. Paromita Goswami has made it easy when she formed Elger (the push) for the underpriviledged people in Maharastra.

I feel inspired reading about her in various websites where I found this:

Paromita Goswami seeks to empower some of India's poorest and most marginalized citizens – the residents of the Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts of the state of Maharashtra. These citizens are currently caught in a violent struggle between the state and national governments and the Naxalites, an ultra-leftist terrorist organization. To protect their rights and help them access justice, Goswami, 35, has created three non-profit organizations in four years. The first organization, Elgar Pratishthan, concentrates on the economic and educational development of the rural community. Goswami subsequently founded Shramik Elgar (The Marching Army of Working People), a 6000-member union of rural workers. Trained as a lawyer, Goswami has brought legal challenges on behalf of these members to India's Supreme Court. Lastly, she founded the Elgar Women's Credit Co-operative Society, a credit union catering to families and individuals in need of economic assistance. Now regarded as one of the top union organizers in the region, Goswami is committed to bringing her model of a strong, non-violent grassroots movement to other parts of India and the world.