Tulsi is like any other Indian village. The small outpost in the central ... previously had few opportunities for advancement in this rural setting. Under the banyan trees, conversations have ...

Here is the story of one woman who, with no formal education or experience, lifted an entire village from poverty ... ‘mod-cons’ unheard of in many rural Indian villages: a television, a ...

A circle of 12 men draped in bright garlands was reading aloud solemn statements during a ceremony to form a new local government in a deeply rural corner ... to lead the village had been women.