Women's Feature Service, January 23rd, 2006
Dehradun, (Women's Feature Service) - Life in the Himalayan foothills is tough. Alcoholism is rampant among men, disrupting social and familial harmony and setting back local economies. These isolated regions often do not have schools or adequate medical facilities. Deforestation and open-mining take their toll. It was in this region that Radha Bhatt was born about 70-odd years ago, and this was the social reality that she grew up observing. Bhatt's family were farmers in Dhurka village in the Uttaranchal Himalayas. Her parents, although illiterate, were revolutionaries in a cultural sense, a...
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