Dayamani Barla | |
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| 𞓡𞓐𞓓𞓕𞓧𞓐𞓨𞓚 𞓗𞓕𞓣𞓒𞓕 | |
 Dayamani Barla in ViBGYOR Film Festival, 2012 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Organization | Adivasi-Moolvasi Astitva Raksha Manch |
| Awards | Counter Media Award for Rural Journalism (2000) National Foundation for India Fellowship (2004) |
Dayamani Barla is an Indian tribal journalist and activist from the Indian state of Jharkhand. She became notable for her activism in opposing Arcelor Mittal's steel plant in Eastern Jharkhand that tribal activists say would displace forty villages.
Barla has won a number of prestigious awards for journalism.[1] She unsuccessfully ran from the Khunti Lok Sabha Constituency, Jharkhand in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate.[2][3]
- ^ Basu, Moushumi (2008). "Steely resolve:Dayamani Barla". BBC. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ "AAP introduces seven candidates in fray in Jharkhand".
- ^ Kislaya, Kelly (18 May 2014). "NOTA ahead of AAP in many seats". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 December 2015.