bull; Strange, how death gives life to memories. When I was in college in Delhi, I remember Baba Amte fasting in one of the first round of protests against the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river.

Charity Destroys, Work Builds' was the mantra of Baba Amte ... in Wardha district of Maharashtra, Amte trained as a lawyer and participated in the freedom struggle against the British Empire.

Baba Amte rigidly held firm to the Mahatma's ideals and demonstrated it thorugh his firm belief in village industry, empowerment of the people and leading a spartan life. He wore khadi woven from ...

Baba Amte’s life was a struggle to answer the profound questions of the human quest: what is it that makes one’s journey on earth acquire authenticity? Perhaps the answer was: a life of ...

Baba Amte rigidly held firm to the Mahatma's ideals and demonstrated it in his firm belief in village industry, empowerment of the people, uplift of the poor and by leading a spartan life.

He was 94 and was survived by his two sons. Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, Baba Amte has devoted his life to the care and rehabilitation of leprosy patients. His community development project at ...

This year we mark his 15th Death Anniversary. Do you know that Baba Amte during his early life of privilege, would hunt wild animals, play sports, and drive luxurious cards. But his life was ...

His life was dedicated to helping people, and he lived by the adage "Work Builds; Charity Destroys." Leprosy is a debilitating illness that Baba Amte and his wife Indu Ghuleshastri dedicated their ...

Slideshow traces the life and legacy of Amte who dedicated his life to serving those in need, especially those afflicted with leprosy For a better experience, Read this story in our App ...

Baba Amte, 93, a widely honored social activist who abandoned a life of privilege in the late 1940s to dedicate himself to lepers and other outcasts, died Feb. 9 at the leprosy shelter he founded ...