DOB : 30th June 1946 DOD : 2nd August 2021
ABOUT ARUN DEY
I was born in a family where both my grandfather and father were social reformers. My grandfather was a school teacher and encouraged the backward class children to attend school. My father, a lawyer by profession, an ardent freedom fighter who worked closely with Gandhi, was an original thinker and helped us to grow up independent and confident individuals. My mother was very soft, ethical and socially conscious woman. She had supported my father in his ideals of patriotism and lead a selfless and simple life. I weas fifth born in the family of sixth children.
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT OF ARUN DEY
I was born in a family where both my grandfather and father were social reformers. My grandfather was a school teacher and encouraged the backward class children to attend school. My father, a lawyer by profession, an ardent freedom fighter who worked closely with Gandhi, was an original thinker and helped us to grow up independent and confident individuals. My mother was very soft, ethical and socially conscious woman. She had supported my father in his ideals of patriotism and lead a selfless and simple life. I weas fifth born in the family of sixth children.
As a young boy I saw my father ignoring hardship and family comfort and devoting his life full for the pre and post independent movement of India and organizing rural people to fight for the country’s freedom and post freedom construction work in the country. Being born in the family which pursued sacrifice over comfort society and people’s cause; I was naturally drawn in to social work and community organization. I stood by my father’s side as a young boy in 1950s to work for the people and the society. Since then, I have never looked back for last three decades I have devoted myself for community welfare, whether it is school campus or in the factory premises for industrial laborers or in the green fields in the village for the protection of the farmers against exploitation. Leadership ability came naturally with me and I was a leader among my peers early as I was a student leader in the school and was awarded for my leadership and philanthropic activities. It was not all a life of reward. Often times, I had faced severe opposition from people for standing up and fighting against injustice and exploitation.
As student in college, I was elected to the students union Assistant Secretary, Secretary and president during the undergraduate and graduate course respectively and lead the student movement of our state during 1967 and 1970. As a student I spent all my vacations working for people affected in flood, famine, drought or constructing road in villages in different parts of my state.
After completing law course, I joined as an attorney in our District Balasore. During a period of three years before I was elected to State Assembly, I had worked as an Attorney in setting mass exploitation cases, Labor Disputes Cases of Women Abuse and Divorces, Land Disputes Cases. However, after joining politics as a member of Legislative assembly, I could not practice Law full – time. But
I am a regular member of our state Bar council and ever since have been resolving Labor Tribunal Cases.
In 1974 , the people of my locality rewarded me by electing me to the legislative assembly of my State; odisha . The people of my locality bestowing confidence in my ability have elected me for the third time with record margin of votes. I was one of the youngest members of the State when I was elected for the first time to State Assembly
The decision to devote myself fully for community work was rather hereditary than inspiration. Besides, my personal choice to lead a bachelor life without much family encumbrances has provided me ample opportunity to be available to people for social work and other human rights activities As a member of the Legislative Assembly and as a social worker involved with all section of people, I have traveled different parts of the country and made rapport with the people communicated with them and tried to understand their social economic and cultural problems. I have tried to make an assessment of their situation, took case histories and made in – depth research to evaluate the cause of the plight. Because of this serious and continuous involvement with people and their cause I have been able to locate the source of their problem and worked with Government and voluntary organization to solve their problems.
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