24 April 2012 - Largely tribal and extremely poor, Dindori district is perched almost on the Madhya Pradesh - Chhattisgarh border and is remote by any standards. So when a group of women located in Dindori names their federation after the famous local woman icon, Rani Durgavati, who is said to have courageously defended her kingdom of Gadha – one of the old independent Gond states – against the Mughal emperor Akbar, the symbolism is certainly striking.
Today, like their famous ancestor, the members of the Rani Durgavati Mahila Sangh are courageously taking on patriarchal forces in their region that have long denied them their rights.
For the full story, see The Hindu.
24 April 2012 - Largely tribal and extremely poor, Dindori district is perched almost on the Madhya Pradesh - Chhattisgarh border and is remote by any standards. So when a group of women located in Dindori names their federation after the famous local woman icon, Rani Durgavati, who is said to have courageously defended her kingdom of Gadha – one of the old independent Gond states – against the Mughal emperor Akbar, the symbolism is certainly striking.
Today, like their famous ancestor, the members of the Rani Durgavati Mahila Sangh are courageously taking on patriarchal forces in their region that have long denied them their rights.
For the full story, see The Hindu.