Gandhian follower Padmashri Mrs. Krishnammal Jagannathan, for her dedication and entrepreneurial leadership in helping people in need, particularly women, transform their lives.
Eighty three year old Krishnammal Jagannathans mission is to buy land and distribute it to poor landless dalits through her organization LAFTI - Land for Tillers Freedom.
a) For more information about LAFTI, visit www.lafti.net, www.friendsoflafti.org
Bay Area Tamil Manram (www.bayareatamilmanram.org) hosted a reception event for Krishnammal on 11/10 in Fremont, CA - Here is an excerpt from that speech
Stanford radio interview - www.itsdiff.com
Krishnammal also gave an interview to itsdiff weekly radio show and you can listen to it on www.itsdiff.com
The great women in TamilNadu,
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