SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

In our society, we do find many things go wrong due to changes occurring very frequently.


The Government has many departments to look after these anomalies.

There are civil societies too to pay attention to such anomalies.

The Civil Societies have Social Activists who fight for the rights.

They are the watch dogs of the unlawful, events that happen very often in a democracy.

In fact, social activists are present only in a democratic country like India; whereas it is very difficult for them to raise their voice in a non-democratic country.

Even in a democratic country, nowadays the social activists face difficulties sometimes.

The social activists may be academics, advocates, retired judges, artists, journalists and retired diplomats.

They are knowledgeable persons with considerable experience in their own specializations.

These people can take up issues which are affecting the society and the future of mankind more confidently.

Global warming, tribal issues, child abuse, land use, conservation, environmental degradation etc., are some of the issues the social activists handle.

We do find a number of women social activists who fight for women’s rights.

The social activists may be classified into silent activists and revolutionary activists.

Silent activists try to understand the issues and logically fight for the lawful rights whereas revolutionary activists are sometimes violent and cause damage to public property too.

Activists are necessary for a society to raise the voice collectively against injustice.

Although they fail in many cases, still successful in some.

They become popular if they succeed in some important social issues affecting a large number of people.

In certain cases they are also bought by individuals or organizations to shut their mouth.

However, social activists are being recognized in our society, but they are invariably shadowed by the clever politicians.

Nowadays, the media take the role of social activists.

Since media have the means to reach the mass at no time and thus the voice is heard by all including the people who err.

Therefore, social activists and media are indispensible in a democratic society.