TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manjima Bhattacharya,Ed.
TI  - Sarpanch Sahib: changing the face of India
SN  - 9788172239053
U1  - 320.0820954 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Noida
PB  - Harper Collins
KW  - Rural development
KW  - Panchayat
KW  - Rural women--Political activity
KW  - Women politicians
KW  - India
N2  - 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
ER  -