Seemed appropriate to post this:

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/uttar-pradesh-festival-honors-unsung-feminists-from-regions-past/?emc=edit_tnt_20140217&tntemail0=y

Would be good to see articles on some of the women who were part of the festival.

Tejaswini

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