29/11/2025
Standing at the birthplace of transparency.
As part of our “Tameer-e-Fikr” leadership journey in Rajasthan, Kashmir Law Circle had the profound honour of attending the RTI Mela in Beawar, held to commemorate 20 years of the Right to Information Act, 2005, in the very town where the RTI movement first took root.
The gathering was addressed by the pioneers who transformed public accountability into a legal right: Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey, and several other stalwarts from the social, political, legal, judicial and administrative spheres. Their words carried the weight of decades of struggle, courage, and collective action.
In front of thousands, students, governance activists, civil society groups, grassroots leaders, and citizens from across India, the presence and participation of Kashmir Law Circle was officially announced, an honour that strengthens our responsibility as a young but committed organisation working for constitutional literacy and people’s rights.
For our members, this was not merely an event,it was a rare moment where theory met history, and law books came alive. To stand where a people’s movement was born, to meet those who drafted, fought for, and defended the RTI Act, and to understand the sacrifices behind India’s transparency framework, this experience reshaped our understanding of civic power.
We witnessed how a local demand turned into a national law, how ordinary citizens became architects of extraordinary change, and what challenges the RTI regime faces today.
All of us carried home one shared realisation:
Movements are not built in air, they are built by people who choose truth over fear, and justice over silence.