Burning bright for others: Orphaned at infancy, Rajasthan woman educates self to help empower tribals
An emboldened Basanti first cleared the 8th standard exams and soon passed the 10th standard Board exams from the state open school and then went on to pursue her bachelor s degree.
Share Via Email
| A+A A-
Besides teaching in her village school, Basanti goes out every evening to engage with women in her area to not only send their kids to school but also make them realise the importance of education.
Express News Service
RAJASTHAN: If you ask Basanti Devi, 43, how she became a teacher in the tribal region of south Rajasthan, she’d take you to her childhood. Born into a poverty-stricken family, she lost her parents in her infancy and was brought up by her maternal grandparents in a village of Sirohi district.
Express News Service
The ruling Congress in Rajasthan held two Kisan Mahapanchayats on Saturday as part of its farmer outreach and to kick-off its campaign for the four assembly by-polls. Significantly, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his former deputy Sachin Pilot not only spoke from the same platform but also shared the same helicopter as they flew to address the two Mahapanchayats in a bid to present a united face after many months of infighting.
Ever since Pilot rebelled against Gehlot s leadership last July, differences between the two have left the state Congress a fragmented house. Even recently during Rahul Gandhi s trip to Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot was made to come down from the dais at one rally, a move which left the Pilot camp hurt and angry.
Express News Service
JAIPUR: The tussle between the Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot camps in Rajasthan has reached the Congress High Command in Delhi.
Three Congress lawmakers in Rajasthan, who were part of Sachin Pilot s revolt against CM Ashok Gehlot last year, have accused the state government of discriminating against MLAs belonging to SC, ST communities.
The rift in the state unit has intensified over the statements of three Congress MLAs Ramesh Meena, Murari Lal Meena, and Ved Prakash Solanki. The trio claimed that the government is trying to suppress the voice of MLAs representing the SC, ST, and minorities as they have allotted them seats in the Assembly
Express News Service
JAIPUR: It was a moment to cherish as two Pakistani Hindu women, married to Rajput youths in Rajasthan, were finally reunited with their husbands on Tuesday, two years after their weddings.
When they arrived at their in-laws homes in Barmer and Jaisalmer districts, the young brides were welcomed in a traditional way in a festive atmosphere full of joy and emotion.
Chagan Kanwar, wife of Mahendra Singh, and Kailash Bai, wife of Nepal Singh Bhati had got married in January 2019. But the two brides could not come with their grooms to India after marriage as they could not get Visas. Their weddings were quickly followed by the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot airstrike. Given the India-Pakistan tensions that erupted, the young couples were forced to live separately on the two sides of the border.
The Centre said since January 16, when vaccination was started, 37.61 lakh doses have been made available to Rajasthan which has used only 24.28 lakh doses so far.