Ep.11 What Is Empowerment ft. Chetna Gala Sinha of Mann Deshi Foundation

Being The Change

In this special episode of Being The Change podcast, host Rohan Thakar is joined by filmmaker, Rima Sadashiv Amarapurkar co-hosting this episode and we share the story of Chetna Gala Sinha, who grew as a South Bombay girl and moved to a remote village called Mhaswad, in the state of Maharashtra in India while being actively involved in social movements to uplift the lives of women during the 80s. Chetna has talked about this story on TED, Vancouver and has also been the chairman of the World Economic Forum in 2018. From building toilets to starting a co-operative bank, called Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank run by women, Chetna has been a tirelessly working to make the village self-sufficient. Her NGO, Mann Deshi Foundation runs a community radio, cattle camp, unique education programmes like the B-School for villagers and various other activities to empower the people of the village. Listen to the complete episode to understand what true empowerment is.