Met Chhavi Rajawat, the young, articulate and dynamic sarpanch of Sodha village, Tonk district, Rajasthan.

"For Development, Villagers Can Overlook All Politically Created Differences"

A jeans-clad young woman hardly fits the bill for a sarpanch in rural Rajasthan. Not surprisingly then, there was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India.

A jeans-clad young woman hardly fits the bill for a sarpanch in rural Rajasthan. Not surprisingly then, there was a sense of disbelief among ministers and ambassadors from diverse nations when the chairperson of the 11th Info-Poverty World Conference held at the United Nations introduced Chhavi Rajawat as head of a village in India.

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