The women who helped birth the new state of Uttaranchal have been relegated to the backrooms of power. Santwana Bhattacharya reports S. Bhattacharya Indian Express. February 15, 2002 EVERYTHING seems idyllic in the hamlets — little chocolate-box affairs from this distance, sometimes a mere three…
Wednesday, February 13, 2002 NAINITAL, FEBRUARY 11: IT’S a state whose dreams have died young. In Uttaranchal today the predominant poll issue is a sense of betrayal which no threat of war, religious fervour or film star can diminish. After convulsing over the demand for…
S.M.A. KAZMI, Indian Express – November 18, 2000 DEHRADUN, NOV 17: After the formation of Uttarakhand, the hill women — who played a pivotal role in their struggle for a separate state — have decided to be more assertive. They have sought to replace the…
[UNI] DEHRA DUN, AUG 6: `Pragati,’ a unique all women’s organisation in the Doon Valley, is making concerted efforts to enable newly elected women pradhans of panchayats in Uttaranchal region to function efficiently. A four-day intensive training programme was organised recently by `Pragati’ (Panchayati Rule…
GOPESHWAR: Garhwali women – fair, slim, beautiful, literate and ever smiling. Isn’t that the picture that comes to mind? It is amazing how these women carry the burden of running the household single-handedly, while their men idle away their time. A woman’s day in Garhwal…
Times of India News Service / Aditi Kapoor October 18, 1999 PAURI: The state government and the World Bank would do well to learn the rules of forest conservation from the army of Mahila Mangal Dals (MMDs) – the informal village women’s groups – active…
By Aditi Kapoor, Times of India, 23 August 1999 PAURI: In the hills of Uttarakhand, something unspeakable is happening. Fathers are teaching their daughters how to plough! Ploughing is widely considered to be an exclusively “male” activity; there is a taboo on women using the…
Times of India News Service, June 16, 1998 NEW DELHI: Balamdei of Kot Manyar village in Tehri district of Uttar Pradesh has been behind bars for some months now with no hope of deliverance. Her crime – she accidentally killed her alcoholic husband while trying…
A year after Muzaffarnagar, the movement has lost its way. Ishan Joshi Outlook Magazine, Oct 18, 1995 IN a once sleepy hamlet in Garhwal’s Chamoli district exactly a year after Uttarakhand activists were raped and killed by Uttar Pradesh police personnel on October 2, 1994,…