Sarpanch Sahib!

SARPANCH SAHIB: CHANGING THE FACE OF INDIA
edited by MANJIMA BHATTACHARJYA
Harper Collins India, 2009


An anthology of essays by top women writers in India telling incredible stories of women sarpanches across India!


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'The book talks about seven gutsy women in seven far flung villages of India: Deepanjali, the adivasi graduate sarpanch treading new waters in Kalahandi; Chinapappa, the non-literate panchayat president in Tamil Nadu making education accessible to children; Sunita, struggling against a corrupt system in Madhya Pradesh; Maya, comingg to terms with sudden electoral defeat in the hills of Uttarakhand; Maloti, finding innovative ways of governing her constituencies in tea estate in Assam; Veena Devi, young widow and seasoned politician, navigating the criminalized politics in Bihar; and Kenchamma, the first Dalit woman president of Tarikere panchayat in Karnataka.

Essays by: Indira Maya Ganesh, Tishani Doshi, Manju Kapur, Abhilasha Ojha, Sonia Faleiro, Kalpana Sharma and Manjima Bhattacharjya.