Stories of Change

Chhaya Ingole, Dharashiv Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‹๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ: ๐‚๐ก๐ก๐š๐ฒ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž In Ganegaon village of Dharashiv district, Maharashtra, 35-year-old Chhaya Ingole once spent long days working as a farm labourer, struggling to

Tanuja Patil, Latur, Maharashtra

๐“๐šnu๐ฃ๐š’๐ฌ S๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ C๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž Running a dairy is not easy โ€” more so when it is led by women in a village where people doubt their ability. This is the

Jijabai Bavaskar, Jalna, Maharashtra

๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ Sometimes, change begins with a single conversation. For Jijabai Bavaskar from Pipalgaon Renai village, Ambad block of Jalna district, Maharashtra, it was a chance talk with

Anita Devi, Gayaji, Bihar

The beginning of a powerful journey of change In the quiet village of Meyari, Gayaji district, Bihar, Anita Devi lived a life of quiet resilience. With no land to her

Sulochana Sonale, Bidar, Karnataka

๐’๐ฎ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐š: ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ In Holsamudra village of Karnatakaโ€™s Bidar district, Sulochana Sonale once spent her days doing household chores and working as a daily wage labourer. With

Women of tribal villages of Tribak block, Nashik district, Maharashtra

Women of tribal villages, Nashik, Maharashtra

๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž In the tribal villages of Trimbak block in Nashik, even basic digital services remained out of reach for most families. Residents had to travel 20 to

Anita Tadas, Wardha, Maharashtra

A Step Towards Self-Reliance Anita Tadas hails from Ekurli village in Maharashtraโ€™s Wardha district. A homemaker and a small farmer, she lives with her husband, son, and mother-in-law. Passionate about

Meenakshi Fad, Latur, Maharashtra

From Farm Labourer to Entrepreneur Meenakshi Fad transformed her hardships into opportunities. Meenakshiโ€™s journey has been marked by many challenges, from managing household responsibilities to earning a livelihood with limited

๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ง๐๐š ๐Š๐š๐ฅ๐ž, Jalna, Maharashtra

๐“๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž Sunanda Kale, is a resilient and determined woman. Married young, she endured years of domestic violence and was eventually abandoned by her in-laws. Left to raise

Savita Kathane, Wardha, Maharashtra

When women start eating healthy, everything changesโ€”from their health to their confidence From the heart of Majara village in Wardha district, Maharashtra, Savita Kathane is leading a quiet revolution. A 

Dharmshila Kumari, Gaya, Bihar

Itโ€™s never too late to start something meaningful At 48, Dharmshila Kumari from Tetar village in Gaya, Bihar, decided she wanted to be known not just as someoneโ€™s wife or