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Attending the annual day celebration of Maa Ghara Balasore and centenary celebration of Mahatma Gandhiji's Champaran Satyagraha, former Member of Legislative Assembly from Haryana, Arya Samaj scholar and a social activist Swami Agnivesh said that no one is big or small in this society. These are the political parties who create ruckus among people on the name of caste , creed , colour and religion and taking advantages from that. There have a need to change the power and present political system, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Human Rights lawyer and social activist Rutuparna Mohanty said that Mahatma Gandhi had dream to build a clean India with injustice free society. In Gandhi’s ideal society, satyagraha is particularly stressed on force of love or the soul and his Ideology is to create a Nasha mukta, Hinsha Mukta and Durniti Mukta samaj. Gandhibadi leader sriramji singh, former MLA Arun Day, Deepak Malabya, Chief Executive of Samaj Management Board, Pa...

For the first time in Odisha, Maa Ghara Foundation Trust (MGBT) launched a National level Award programme as “Maa Ghara Women Peace maker Award” as an initiative aimed at encouraging women’s participation in conflict resolution in Odisha. Under the leadership of Maa Ghara Managing Trustee Rutuparna Mohanty, every year Maa Ghara Foundation awarded a cash prize of Rs 50,000 along with a citation and a trophy to the social reformer, who is working for the empowerment of women on the occasion of the Mother’s Day.  The Foundation is asking for nominations across India. The women working on “conflict resolution and peacemaking” are eligible for peace maker award.  A 15-member panel is short listing five candidates; the final selection is always decided by the jury committee.

Rutuparna Mohanty met with mothers in Malgangiri whose kids were died due to Japenese Encephalitis. Talking about rampant increase of Malnutrition, Child Mortality in  malkangiri District, Mohanty said Maa Ghara is fighting against corruption and following mahatma Gandhi's Ideology - to create a Nasha mukta, Hinsha Mukta and Durniti Mukta samaj. She said to reporters that, though crore of rupees coming to this areas in the names of development, preventive measures have not been taken in that area. Officials blame monsoon for encephalitis outbreak. There have no awareness among the people about sanitation & cleanliness. Mohanty urged Govt to declare children death as 'National Calamity' as it becomes a disaster in that area.

The 2013 PeaceMakers are all veterans of life-and-death struggles as it is all known that Peacemaking is a dangerous work in today's world. Social activist Rutuparna Mohanty of India, founder of a shelter for sexually exploited women and girls, is voluntarily providing social services to the poor and abused. Mohanty manages a newspaper, leads groups pushing democratic reforms and sits on a police committee investigating sexual harassment complaints. Philister Baya Lawiri of South Sudan helps women displaced by the decades-long war that in 2011 left South Sudan independent from Sudan. Rehana Hashmi of Pakistan, fight against terrorists for human rights — especially women, because people think the woman’s place is in the home. Sabiha Husic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, a psychotherapist and Islamic theologian in Bosnia-Herzegovina, counsels victims of wartime rapes — and their rapists.

Human rights lawyer and social activist Rutuparna Mohanty is the fourth daughter of freedom fighter followers of Mahatma Gandhi. From her childhood she learned that she lived in a society “where women are treated as secondary citizens, where in every five minutes a woman is either assaulted or abused and exploited, where women are grossly deprived of their participation in the socioeconomic and political floors, and where women have ... no voice against the violation of their human rights.” To support women standing up to injustice, Mohanty began working with nonprofits and became the secretary of Sanjeevani, a large organization in her state of Orissa. There, she was especially affected by the plight of unwed mothers who faced discrimination, poverty and alienation, and were already victims of or became subjected to trafficking and prostitution. Mohanty created Maa Ghara (Mothers Home), which provides a shelter for rehabilitating trafficked and sexually exploited women ...

Government's apathy towords rampant increase of illegal business of alcohol and women atrocities in Kalahandi district makes people in trouble. Though people protests across the districts to prohibit alcohol, under the pressure of government and district administration, the protest was not fruitful. Sampurna Swaraj Abhijan lunched at Bagpur panchayat of Narla Block of Kalahandi district. Around 2,000 women activists including representatives of panchayats have taken oath to promote mahatma Gandhi's Ideology - to create a Nasha mukta, Hinsha Mukta and Durniti Mukta samaj. Under the chairmanship of the social activist Rutuparna Mohanty, women leaders from Kalahandi Bishnupriya Chand, Pallishree Pattnaik, Naheeda Shahin, Kanaklata from Niali also present on the occasion.