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Rural issues

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Empowering Rural Women to bring Electricity to Villages.

In India, 220,000 villages lack electricity. Development organizations like the Barefoot College have focused on empowering women to help these rural villages. Solar projects which brings solar-powered lights is run by the Barefoot College in Tilonia, founded by Bunker Roy in 1972 to help make Indian villagers become self-sufficient, with an emphasis on using women’s skills.

Lessons Learnt from this Election

Now that the election results are out, Financial Times opinion at FT.com list the meaning of surprising strong showing by Congress. The article notes 7 lessons that can be learnt from this election results. I will note 3 that are relevant here.