Brilliant Book About Muslim Women in the Wake of Targeted Violence by Hindu Fundamentalists
Rupture, Loss and Living – Minority Women Speak about Post-Conflict Life, K. Lalita, Deepa Dhanraj, 434 pp. 2017, Orient BlackSwan Press.
Indian Village Women Take Control of Economic Life in Their Communities
Samson Nakkala is a man who has spent most of his life working to empower low-caste women in a range of rural communities in India’s state of Telangana, formerly part of Andhra Pradesh.
Shangri-La in India’s Hill Station Country
Visiting India over many years I have seen most of the country’s highlights, but I never experienced a famous hill station reminiscent of the British Raj. However, after a recent visit to Chennai, I was fortunate to discover a charming boutique bed and breakfast called Clive and Curzon a short flight away in the heart of the Nilgiris hills.
Nandini Azad – A Model for Social Performance
A special pleasure for me at the 2011 microcredit summit in Spain was spending time with Nandini Azad, one of the current powerhouses in the Indian anti-poverty movement, who has distinguished herself for path-breaking grassroots development not only in India but also in several other countries.
In Conversation with Ela Bhatt of SEWA
In a small house in Hamilton Ontario, I was sipping an Indian soup with Ela Bhatt, founder of the one-million-strong Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India.
Microcredit Suicides in Andhra Pradesh
Cooperatives run by women are the way to protect marginalized Indian women from the worst aspects of the commercialization of microcredit, says SEWA leader Ela Bhatt and Indian development volunteer Vithal Rajan.
Jasmine and Sugar Cane
In 2005 I let my imagination fly with a short story set in both India and Montreal. It appeared late in 2005 in The Little Magazine, a literary journal published in Delhi.
Healers of the Mentally-Ill Homeless in Chennai
At the end of my first trip to India I went to Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat hoping to do research on the Self Employed Women’s Association but instead I ended up in the middle of mob violence by Hindus against Muslims. In my book, see chapter 9 - Into the Inferno.
Helping Hand for Women
A little money goes a long way when you start a business in a small Indian Village
Hoofing it in Hyderabad
In a big City in India, it helps if you’re a gymnast if you want to use your legs to move around.
Militants Bully Tribes
Social activists turn up evidence that reveals Hindu groups coerced marginalized people