Ramon Magsaysay Award: Ravish Kumar's act of speaking Truth
Ravish Kumar got Ramon Magsaysay Award in the category of Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts, before him on of India’s most respected voice in the Journalism Mr. Palagummi Sainath, had received same prize in 2007 for doing extraordinary reporting on the poverty and rural life, the citation said Sainath was being recognized for his “passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India's national consciousness". The Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize, the citation for Ravish Kumar explained his work "harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless" and his "unfaltering commitment to a professional, ethical journalism of the highest standards”. Ravish begins his work in with NDTV-India in 1996, as per report he was initially engaged in the low profile work, with his dedication and consistency towards the passion for true reporting, he has achieved independent promotion in the ...