News stories by Daksha Warty

  1. DEVELOPMENT: Women Chiefs Change Indian Villages

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    The villages of Ranmala, Nandagane, Shirgaon and Mengdewadi, in Pune, Sangli and Satara districts, western India, have one thing in common.

  2. INDIA: Women As Hindu Priests Have An Edge

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    Defying Hindu orthodoxy and intolerant male priests, women in Maharashtra state, western India, have revived a Vedic tradition and become priests.

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