Phones were becoming increasingly common in Jaydevwadi village, Jalna district, Maharashtra, but villagers still had to travel several kilometres for recharges and mobile accessories. Sakhubai Ambekar saw an opportunity in

In Nirpur village of Nalanda district, Bihar, 30 year old Surbhi Kumari is transforming the way she farms and how she earns a living. When Surbhi first entered the fields,

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫: 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐢’𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 In Murug village in Bidar, Karnataka, 37-year-old Asha Biradar has spent more than 25 years working on

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 For years, the land near Sarita Kumari’s home in Amethi village, Gaya, Bihar, remained unused between the Kharif and Rabi seasons.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 She had just ₹3,000. Today, she’s creating livelihoods. For years, Rinku Kumari from Manik Bigha village, Gayaji, Bihar, watched her family’s income depend on

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 She Never Dreamed of Becoming a Leader In Reula village of Gaya district, Bihar, life had always followed the same path for Sindhu Kumari. Married young

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐋𝐚𝐱𝐦𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐢’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 For years, farming was the primary source of livelihood for Laxmibai Gohire and her family in Aswaliharshe village, Nashik, Maharashtra. Cultivating

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫: 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝, 𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚 Greeshma from Nedumbala village in Wayanad district, Kerala, began her farming journey after attending a community mobilization workshop and

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝, 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐢’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 A few years ago, recurring pest attacks, wildlife damage, and neglected farmland made farming increasingly difficult. Through

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 Nagamma Biradar from Madnoor village, Karnataka, once lived a quiet life focused on household work and farming. Through Swayam Shikshan Prayog’s Women-Led

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐬𝐦𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 Asma from Vypady village in Wayanad began farming to support her family’s food needs. Like many rural

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 Daiwashala Moghe from Murg village in Bidar district, Karnataka, is quietly reshaping her place in farming. Living with a disability in her right leg,

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐄𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚’𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 In Holsamudra village of Bidar, Karnataka, change has not come suddenly. It has been steadily built through the efforts of

Growing Her Own Path: Punam Kumari’s Journey to Dignity and Leadership Punam Kumari hails from Sadbahari village in Nalanda district of Bihar. The beginning of her married life was marked

𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Pushpa Panchal hails from Chapoli village in Latur district, Maharashtra. Growing up in a family of nine, she learned early to balance responsibility