Palagummi Sainath
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P. Sainath in a Meeting at Attappadi, Palakkad
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| Born | 1957 Madras, Tamil Nadu |
| Occupation |
Journalist Author Teacher Rural Reporter |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
Loyola College Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Genre | Non-fiction, political commentary |
| Notable works |
Everybody Loves a Good Drought People's Archive of Rural India |
| Notable awards |
Ramon Magsaysay Award PUCL Human Rights Journalism Award Raja-Lakshmi Award |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Relatives | V.V. Giri |
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Palagummi Sainath (born 1957) is an Indian journalist and photojournalist who focuses on social & economic inequality, rural affairs, poverty and the aftermath of globalization in India. He is the founding editor of the People's Archive of Rural India. He was the Rural Affairs Editor at The Hindu before resigning in 2014, and the website India Together has been archiving some of his work in The Hindu daily for the past six years.
Amartya Sen has called him "one of the world's great experts on famine and hunger". Since late 2011, he has been working on People's Archive of Rural India, PARI, for which he is the Founding Editor.
In June 2011, Sainath was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree (DLitt) by the University of Alberta, the university's highest honor. He is one of few Indians to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award, which he accepted in 2007 in the category of Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
Sainath was born into a Telugu speaking family in Chennai, then Madras. He is the grandson of freedom fighter, Indian National Congress politician and former President of India, V. V. Giri.
Sainath went to Loyola College. He is a history graduate of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi He was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) honoris causa by the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 2011.
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