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{{Short description|Indian disability rights activist}}
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| birth_place = [[Calcuta]], India
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'''Malini Chib''' (born 1966)<ref name="One Little Finger">{{Cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EuuUOpBPIwUC |title= One Little Finger |last= Chib |first= Malini |year= 2011 |isbn= 978-81-321-0632-6}}</ref> is an Indian [[disability rights activist]] and author who has [[cerebral palsy]].<ref name='The Hindu'>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/article2763388.ece Able Crusader] -'The Hindu'</ref> Chib wrote the book ''One Little Finger'' over the course of two years by typing with only one finger.<ref name="The Hindu"/><ref name="disabilityhorizons">[http://disabilityhorizons.com/2011/07/one-little-finger-one-big-review/ One Little Finger – One Big Review!] - 'Disability Horizons'</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/fight-for-empowering-the-differently-abled-88176 Fight for empowering the differently-abled] - NDTV</ref>

==Biography==
Malini was born in [[Kolkata]], India in 1966. She suffered from a loss of oxygen during birth causing cerebral palsy.<ref name="One Little Finger" /> Her parents moved to [[England]] after her birth to get better care for her. After her brother Nikhil was born, the family moved back to India. Since no school would take her as a student, her mother, [[Mithu Alur]], started a school called The Centre For Special Education. Malini would later return to England to attend [[Thomas Delarue School]], a boarding school for pupils with cerebral palsy. She returned to India to attend [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], affiliated to the [[University of Mumbai]], where she earned a BA. She went back to England to get a master's degree in Gender Studies at the [[Institute of Education]], [[University of London]].<ref name="disabilityhorizons" /> Filmmaker [[Shonali Bose]] is her first cousin.

== Career ==
In December 2010, Chib wrote her first book and autobiography ''One Little Finger'' published by [[SAGE Publications|Sage Publishing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/one-little-finger/book236822#author-s----editor-s-|title=One Little Finger {{!}} SAGE India|website=in.sagepub.com|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> The book was critically acclaimed.

In 2015, she wrote a chapter titled ''I Feel Normal Inside. Outside, My Body Isn’t!'' in the anthology ''Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power'' edited by Asha Hans and published by [[SAGE Publications|Sage Publishing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/disability-gender-and-the-trajectories-of-power/book245340#description|title=Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power {{!}} SAGE India|website=in.sagepub.com|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

Chib is the founder and co-chairperson of ADAPT Rights Group, a part of the [[ADAPT – Able Disable All People Together|ADAPT (Able Disable All People Together) organisation]]. The Rights Group was formed with the belief that both “able” and “disabled” should work together to form an “inclusive” society where '''''“'''all'''”''''' are welcomed and included.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adaptssi.org/AdaptRightsGroup.html|title=ADAPT - Adapt Rights Group (ARG)|website=www.adaptssi.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

She also heads the Library and Media Services. She is responsible for the micro and macro advocacy efforts of the ADAPT Rights Group. She lent her skills organizing an 'Inclusive Job Fair' for disabled youth. She also conducts Empowerment and sensitization courses for individuals, corporates, parents, professionals and disabled activists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adaptssi.org/trusteeandgovernngbody.html|title=ADAPT : THE TRUSTEES AND GOVERNING BODY|website=www.adaptssi.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

== Awards ==
In 2011, the Indian [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]] awarded Chib the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the category Role Model.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://socialjustice.nic.in/pdf/awardeelist11.pdf |title= Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Disability Division) 2011 Awards}}</ref>

In 2017, on the occasion of [[World Cerebral Palsy Day]], Chib was honoured with the first global [[Cerebral palsy|Cerebral Palsy]] Day Award for ensuring rights and entitlements of persons with disability conferred by the [[Cerebral Palsy Alliance]], [[Australia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/activist-author-honoured-with-global-cerebral-palsy-award/articleshow/60977533.cms|title=Activist-author honoured with global cerebral palsy award - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
The 2014 Indian film ''[[Margarita with a Straw]]'' is based on her life, in which actress [[Kalki Koechlin]] played a character based on her. Upon release, the film was a major critical and commercial success, and Koechlin won several awards for her performance.

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[[Category:Activists from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian self-help writers]]
[[Category:Women human rights activists]]

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>Deborahjay at 10:14, 10 December 2021