Poor people must be the agents of their own development and Aruna Roy has empowered them to claim what is rightfully theirs by exercising theirs by exercising their right to information. 25 years ago, Roy then joined her husband, Bunker, who had set up an agency working on village livelihood projects in the state of Rajasthan.Over time, however, she came to the conclusion that much more was needed to change the lives of rural folks locked in a cycle of degrading poverty. The people had to take political action.