“Nelson Mandela, Dada Vaswani, Harsh Mander, Shabana Azmi - I admire their humanitarian work. But sadly even Nelson Mandela could not keep corruption out of his cabinet and within a year, I am told, the victims of apartheid turned into perpetrators of corruption on their own people. Greed has no boundaries of colour or country does it?”

Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and activist

Amala Akkineni is an Indian actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, and activist. She worked mainly in Tamil cinema, with credits in Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada films, and was a leading Tamil actress from 1986 to 1992. She has appeared in several successful films and won two Filmfare Awards South, for Ulladakkam in 1991 and Life Is Beautiful in 2012. Beyond acting, she is the co-founder of Blue Cross of Hyderabad, an organisation focused on animal welfare and animal rights in India.