'I do not require validation from a hostile media. My conscience is clear.'
Social activist Nalini Sekhar has worked to improve the working conditions of the waste-pickers of Bengaluru for the last four years and describes the her work as being rife with "occupational hazards which energises her to work with more vigour".
City governments must work out the treatment system for faecal sludge.
Abhishek Singhania left a career at PwC to work in a food security project as a research fellow.