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Inside the Ladies Car: The Secret World of Indian Women

Inside the Ladies Car: The Secret World of Indian Women
By on December 1, 2010

When I was new in Mumbai, I quickly realized that I’d have to learn to use the local train. Cosmopolitan Mumbai on India’s west coast is a linear city, which means that taking cabs or rickshaws from place to place is expensive and time-consuming

Considering the Options in Rural Kolkata

Considering the Options in Rural Kolkata
By on August 5, 2010

The Goddess that is rain ushered us into Kolkata before we traveled another three hours to a series of rural Bengali villages. There, we met with two entrepreneurs who are working to provide solar-powered lights to these yet un-electrified and impoverished communities. This was the experience I had been waiting for