Krishna Kiran's

Here is one personal experience that increased my respect manifold for Ms. ‪ ‎ Medha Patkar . Around the same time and date 6 months ago, when a close friend of mine from   ‪ ‎ AP   who is a senior politician with a national party wanted me get in touch with her on his behalf to bring to her notice the concerns of a few farmers in the newly planned capital, I called her on 5th November 2014 but there was no answer. So I sent a SMS and she immediately texted back asking me to call th e next day (6th November) at 9.30 am. As I was eagerly waiting for the clock to tick 9.30 on the next day so that I could speak to someone whom I really appreciated for her contribution to 'social activism', my phone rang at 9.26 am and the call was from Madam. I was very touched by her kindness and commitment to talk to me at the anointed time. I spoke to her at length and explained the issues at hand. Recently she visited AP and met the farmers there, which was widely reported in national and r