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‘Stepping into politics was an extension of my activism’: Nithya Raman
The India-born urban planner, who assumes office tomorrow, on winning the Los Angeles city council member seat and why accountability in local governance is important
Updated: December 13, 2020 4:16:35 pm
Nithya Raman
Last month, Nithya Raman made the unthinkable possible. She became the first city council member to unseat an incumbent in Los Angeles. But before her historic win, Raman, 39, trained in urban planning and governance and has been a community leader both in India and the US.
Born in Thrissur, Raman left for the US with her family at the age of six. Later, she would live in Chennai (her husband’s family hails from Madurai and Tenkasi) and start the Transparent Chennai initiative. It empowers slum dwellers by using maps and data to access basic services like clean toilets and drinking water, and to find a voice in local governance. ....

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