For new Amnesty boss Anjhula, activism begins at home

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The psychologist shares her experience in fighting intolerance, injustice with Amnesty.

INTERVIEW | When Anjhula Singh Mya Bais was at a recent bonding session with other staff of Amnesty International, each participant was posed the question - “What was your first act of activism?”“Because I broke hundreds of years of royal protocol and married outside of my caste,” the newly appointed chair of Amnesty International and former chair of the organisation’s Malaysia chapter toldBorn into an aristocratic family from Rajasthan, India, Anjhula said she was raised to determine her own...

She said her father Thakur Birendra Bikram Singh Bais chose to pursue an academic path and made that available to all his children regardless of gender. “My father always said I will educate you as well as, if not better than your brother, which is very uncommon."Unlocking Article

 

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