{
  "id": 19324336,
  "title": "Barefoot College Founder Sanjit Bunker Roy Passes Away At 81; Leaves Behind Legacy Of Rural Self-Reliance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/barefoot-college-founder-sanjit-bunker-roy-passes-away-at-81-leaves",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T10:58:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/barefoot-college-founder-sanjit-bunker-roy-passes-away-at-81-leaves-behind-legacy-of-rural-self-reliance"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jaipur : Renowned social activist and Barefoot College founder Sanjit Bunker Roy, who turned a small Rajasthan village into an internationally recognised centre for rural development and women's empowerment, died at his home in Tilonia in Rajasthan's Ajmer on Tuesday morning. He was 81. Roy, who spent more than five decades working to make rural communities self-reliant, breathed his last at 6.15…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}