rural India stories

Meet three women sarpanches from Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh who are transforming rural India. One rescued a child bride. One broke caste barriers. One led menstrual health drives. Together, they show how women-led governance brings dignity, inclusion, and bold change where it’s needed most—at the heart of India’s villages.

For over 20 years, Dina Mausa has quietly greened his village by trading tea for saplings and planting trees — one man’s devotion to the Earth.