Skip to main content
Open this photo in gallery:

Women planting onions and transporting water in rural Rajasthan.

1 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Women planting onions and transporting water in rural Rajasthan, India.Candace Feit

2 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Women work on an NREGA project digging a sewer in rural Rajasthan.Candace Feit

3 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

School children in Hopardi village in rural Rajasthan.Candace Feit

4 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Girls in class at GUSHP school - "Government Upper Girls' School Hopardi Primary" in the village of Hopardi, Rajasthan. The girls school was built by Damyanti Paliwal who was sarpanj from 2005 to 2009.Candace Feit

5 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Girls in class at GUSHP school - "Government Upper Girls' School Hopardi Primary" in the village of Hopardi, Rajasthan.Candace Feit

6 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Damyanti Paliwal who was sarpanj of Hopardi village from 2005 to 2009 and built a girls school and health center during her time.Candace Feit

7 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Rajendra Kawar, a woman who was raised in purdah. She served from 2001 to 2005 on block council, and as sarpanj of her village from 2005 to 2009.Candace Feit

8 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Mumal Barupal, sarpanj of Mogara Kala from 2005 to 2009. She won a general election seat and had to sit on floor with face covered at first during meetings.Candace Feit

9 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

Jamana Patel, current sarpanj of Mogara Kala village in Rajasthan. She is a Dalit illiterate woman.Candace Feit

10 of 11
Open this photo in gallery:

A young girl carries her sister in rural Rajasthan.Candace Feit

11 of 11

Interact with The Globe