Tare Tare Kiss: the story of a tribal women's self-help group's struggle to get electricity in their village
| By | Shirish Sinha, Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, the Netherlands |
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| Description | From the introduction: "Tare Tare Kiss is a story of a tribal women's self-help group (SHG)'s struggle to get electricity in their village, Puriras in the Dantewada district of Chattisgarh state, India. Puriras is not yet electrified, it may or may not get electrified in the near future, but this is the story of women's empowerment through the sustained and committed effort of the tribal women and of their song. Using the medium of folklore and a song entitled Tare Tare Kiss, tribal women managed to wake the district administration and the local electricity board officials from their slumber to at least identify how much it would cost to electrify the remote village. Their actions have shown that nonviolent, creative strategies can also move bureaucrats into action where other methods have failed." Full ReferenceSinha S (2003) "Tare Tare Kiss: the story of a tribal women's self-help group's struggle to get electricity in their village", in Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume VII, No. 3, September 2003 |
| File size | 136 kB |
| Date | 24-12-2003 at 13h20 |