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<!-- Write the text of your article below this line. The first sentence should begin with the subject of your article surrounded by three apostrophes (for example: '''Article name''' is...) -->Sudha Patel (born in 1976) is [[India]]’s youngest elected blind female [[Sarpanch]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She was elected in June 1995<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> as the Sarpanch of Changa village in [[Anand district]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Debabrata|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_aE0m_6uUfcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=pWQ-klzvxl&sig=ACfU3U2maqSpQt22ZXVNM2zfcajB01hnlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false#v=onepage&q=Sudha%20patel&f=false|title=Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Amitava|date=2006|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-303-8|language=en}}</ref> She is the recipient of the prestigious Ten Outstanding Young Persons of World (1997) award, Outstanding Woman Panchayat Leader of India award<ref name=":0" />, and was awarded the Jagdish K Patel Award by the [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-guv-felicitates-four-blind-achievers/articleshow/65285751.cms|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>.
<!-- Write the text of your article below this line. The first sentence should begin with the subject of your article surrounded by three apostrophes (for example: '''Article name''' is...) -->Sudha Patel (born in 1976) is [[India]]’s youngest elected blind female [[sarpanch]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She was elected in June 1995<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> as the sarpanch of Changa village in [[Anand district]], [[Gujarat]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Debabrata|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_aE0m_6uUfcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=pWQ-klzvxl&sig=ACfU3U2maqSpQt22ZXVNM2zfcajB01hnlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false#v=onepage&q=Sudha%20patel&f=false|title=Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Amitava|date=2006|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-303-8|language=en}}</ref> She is the recipient of the prestigious Ten Outstanding Young Persons of World (1997) award, Outstanding Woman Panchayat Leader of India award<ref name=":0" />, and was awarded the Jagdish K Patel Award by the [[President of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/gujarat-guv-felicitates-four-blind-achievers/articleshow/65285751.cms|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==


Sudha Patel was born in Changa village of Petlad Taluka in Gujarat’s Anand District, about 120 km from [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blind, but with the vision of a yogi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-blind-but-with-the-vision-of-a-yogi-1356988|last=Soni|first=Nikunj|date=2010-03-09|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Sudha was [[visually impaired]] since birth. Sudha was the eldest daughter of parents who were [[Farmer|farmers]]. Her father was a sarpanch for 10 years, and her mother is a [[Homemaking|homemaker]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Her younger sister is also visually-impaired since birth. She reveals that she is alive today only because a good harvest the year she was born that prevented her parents from [[infanticide]] as some villagers thought her to be lucky as [[Lakshmi]], the goddess of wealth.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Garg|first=Shweta Rao|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kHk2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=duxy_PT-Km&sig=ACfU3U1ZRIeXBEMHDpkKJbOj45weXzSGBw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATAHegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%20patel%20blind&f=false|title=The English Paradigm in India: Essays in Language, Literature and Culture|last2=Gupta|first2=Deepti|date=2017-09-18|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-10-5332-0|language=en}}</ref> Sudha turned heads when she expressed her desire to become the sarpanch, due to her [[gender]] and her [[Disability|disability,]] but with her knowledge and her zeal to develop Changa as one of the most [[Infrastructure|infrastructurally]]-[[Developed country|developed]] villages, made her loved by all. She became the first woman sarpanch of Changa village in Gujarat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The visionary who changed her village|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-the-visionary-who-changed-her-village-1083568|last=Rana|first=Niyati|date=2007-03-07|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
Patel was born in a farming family in Changa village of Petlad taluka in Gujarat’s Anand district, about 120 km from [[Ahmedabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blind, but with the vision of a yogi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-blind-but-with-the-vision-of-a-yogi-1356988|last=Soni|first=Nikunj|date=2010-03-09|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Both she and her sister have been [[visually-impaired]] since birth. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She reveals that she is alive today only because a good harvest the year she was born that prevented her parents from [[infanticide]] as some villagers thought her to be lucky as [[Lakshmi]], the goddess of wealth.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Garg|first=Shweta Rao|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=kHk2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53&lpg=PA53&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=duxy_PT-Km&sig=ACfU3U1ZRIeXBEMHDpkKJbOj45weXzSGBw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATAHegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%20patel%20blind&f=false|title=The English Paradigm in India: Essays in Language, Literature and Culture|last2=Gupta|first2=Deepti|date=2017-09-18|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-10-5332-0|language=en}}</ref>


Sudha was the first blind post-graduate in law from the [[Sardar Patel University]] in Anand, Gujarat, India. Sudha met Ramesh and Usha Patel, whom she calls uncle and aunty, while pursuing her MA in [[Hindi]]. She approached their institute Purvaee to learn [[English language|English]]. Sudha fell ill during that time but with motivation from the Patels, she passed with first division.<ref name=":1" />
Patel is the first blind post-graduate in law from the [[Sardar Patel University]] in Anand, Gujarat, India. Due to her [[gender]] and her [[Disability|disability,]] she turned heads when she expressed her desire to become the sarpanch, but won elections to become the first woman sarpanch of her village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The visionary who changed her village|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-the-visionary-who-changed-her-village-1083568|last=Rana|first=Niyati|date=2007-03-07|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>


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== Career ==
== Career ==
Apart from being sarpanch, Patel now works as a project coordinator in a private trust in Anand that works to help children with [[Physical disability|physical disabilities]]. She was the honorary general secretary of the Anand branch of the National Association for the Blind and is a member of the Ahmedabad-based Blind People’s Association.<ref>{{Cite web|title=They See!|url=https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/they-see/|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Brishti|date=2003-03-05|website=Pitara Kids Network|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
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Sudha’s focus as the Sarpanch has been the infrastructural development of Changa village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Facilities like borewells and water pumps have been installed throughout to tackle the issue of water scarcity, and public hospitals, conference halls etc have also been built. She has also contributed majorly to the education system in Changa - several schools for children of workers have been opened, fully equipped with computers, and almost all of the residents have completed their education at least till class 10.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Debabrata|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_aE0m_6uUfcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=pWQ-klzvxl&sig=ACfU3U2maqSpQt22ZXVNM2zfcajB01hnlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false|title=Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Amitava|date=2006|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-303-8|language=en}}</ref> Patel has also been instrumental in generating income for the village by renting out lakes to companies. She also started many family planning programmes, and runs a [[rehabilitation]] project for disabled persons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

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As sarpanch, Sudha has focused on the infrastructural development of Changa village.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Facilities like borewells and water pumps have been installed throughout to tackle the issue of water scarcity, and public hospitals, conference halls etc have also been built. She has also contributed majorly to the education system in Changa - several schools for children of workers have been opened, fully equipped with computers, and almost all of the residents have completed their education at least till class 10.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Debabrata|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=_aE0m_6uUfcC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=sudha+patel+blind&source=bl&ots=pWQ-klzvxl&sig=ACfU3U2maqSpQt22ZXVNM2zfcajB01hnlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjl_riDt-HjAhXQ4HMBHVJvDUA4ChDoATACegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false#v=onepage&q=sudha%2520patel%2520blind&f=false|title=Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach|last2=Mukherjee|first2=Amitava|date=2006|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-303-8|language=en}}</ref> Patel has also been instrumental in generating income for the village by renting out lakes to companies. She also started many family planning programmes, and runs a [[rehabilitation]] project for disabled persons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>


Sudha’s door-to-door rehabilitation project for blind people and people with mental disabilities in her panchayat trained parents, children and adults with an educational and rehabilitative approach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She also taught disabled students under a state-sponsored programme for [[inclusive education]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blind, but with the vision of a yogi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-blind-but-with-the-vision-of-a-yogi-1356988|last=Soni|first=Nikunj|date=2010-03-09|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Sudha has conducted rehabilitation projects in around 85 villages of Petlad-Taluka. She has been able to register around 800 disabled people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She emphasizes on protecting the rights of blind girl children. She has admitted over 80 blind children in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Indian society is blind to a fault|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/28blind.htm|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Sudha’s work in arranging for writers to assist visually disabled students in writing the annual SSC and HSC exams is widely acclaimed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This visually disabled ensures board students get a helping hand {{!}} Vadodara News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/This-visually-disabled-ensures-board-students-get-a-helping-hand/articleshow/5648649.cms|last=Mar 5|first=Prashant Rupera {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2010|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24|last3=Ist|first3=22:27}}</ref>
Sudha’s door-to-door rehabilitation project for blind people and people with mental disabilities in her panchayat trained parents, children and adults with an educational and rehabilitative approach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She also taught disabled students under a state-sponsored programme for [[inclusive education]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blind, but with the vision of a yogi|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-blind-but-with-the-vision-of-a-yogi-1356988|last=Soni|first=Nikunj|date=2010-03-09|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Sudha has conducted rehabilitation projects in around 85 villages of Petlad-Taluka. She has been able to register around 800 disabled people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hamaara Bharat Mahaan|url=http://mahaanbharat.tripod.com/sudha.html|website=mahaanbharat.tripod.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She emphasizes on protecting the rights of blind girl children. She has admitted over 80 blind children in schools.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rediff On The NeT: Indian society is blind to a fault|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jan/28blind.htm|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Sudha’s work in arranging for writers to assist visually disabled students in writing the annual SSC and HSC exams is widely acclaimed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This visually disabled ensures board students get a helping hand {{!}} Vadodara News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/This-visually-disabled-ensures-board-students-get-a-helping-hand/articleshow/5648649.cms|last=Mar 5|first=Prashant Rupera {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2010|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24|last3=Ist|first3=22:27}}</ref>


Sudha has been able to mobilise over Rs 10 Lakh for the development projects she runs, with the State Government’s support.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
Sudha has been able to mobilise over Rs 10 Lakh for the development projects she runs, with the State Government’s support.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender|url=https://newzhook.com/story/18144/|date=2018-05-24|website=Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>

She is one among the many members of the Ahmedabad-based Blind People’s Association who decided to join the post-quake relief work in [[Kutch district|Kutch]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=They See!|url=https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/they-see/|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Brishti|date=2003-03-05|website=Pitara Kids Network|language=en|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> She was also the honorary general secretary of the Anand branch of the National Association for the Blind.

Patel now works as a project coordinator in a private trust in Anand that works to help children with [[Physical disability|physical disabilities]].


== Recognition ==
== Recognition ==

Revision as of 06:20, 28 May 2020

Sudha Patel (born in 1976) is India’s youngest elected blind female sarpanch.[1] She was elected in June 1995[2] as the sarpanch of Changa village in Anand district, Gujarat.[3] She is the recipient of the prestigious Ten Outstanding Young Persons of World (1997) award, Outstanding Woman Panchayat Leader of India award[4], and was awarded the Jagdish K Patel Award by the President of India[5].

Early life

Patel was born in a farming family in Changa village of Petlad taluka in Gujarat’s Anand district, about 120 km from Ahmedabad.[6] Both she and her sister have been visually-impaired since birth. [7] She reveals that she is alive today only because a good harvest the year she was born that prevented her parents from infanticide as some villagers thought her to be lucky as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.[8]

Patel is the first blind post-graduate in law from the Sardar Patel University in Anand, Gujarat, India. Due to her gender and her disability, she turned heads when she expressed her desire to become the sarpanch, but won elections to become the first woman sarpanch of her village.[9]

Career

Apart from being sarpanch, Patel now works as a project coordinator in a private trust in Anand that works to help children with physical disabilities. She was the honorary general secretary of the Anand branch of the National Association for the Blind and is a member of the Ahmedabad-based Blind People’s Association.[10]

As sarpanch, Sudha has focused on the infrastructural development of Changa village.[11] Facilities like borewells and water pumps have been installed throughout to tackle the issue of water scarcity, and public hospitals, conference halls etc have also been built. She has also contributed majorly to the education system in Changa - several schools for children of workers have been opened, fully equipped with computers, and almost all of the residents have completed their education at least till class 10.[12] Patel has also been instrumental in generating income for the village by renting out lakes to companies. She also started many family planning programmes, and runs a rehabilitation project for disabled persons.[13]

Sudha’s door-to-door rehabilitation project for blind people and people with mental disabilities in her panchayat trained parents, children and adults with an educational and rehabilitative approach.[14] She also taught disabled students under a state-sponsored programme for inclusive education.[15] Sudha has conducted rehabilitation projects in around 85 villages of Petlad-Taluka. She has been able to register around 800 disabled people.[16] She emphasizes on protecting the rights of blind girl children. She has admitted over 80 blind children in schools.[17] Sudha’s work in arranging for writers to assist visually disabled students in writing the annual SSC and HSC exams is widely acclaimed.[18]

Sudha has been able to mobilise over Rs 10 Lakh for the development projects she runs, with the State Government’s support.[19]

Recognition

She received national and international recognition for her educational and welfare work. On November 18,1997, she was awarded the “Young Person of the World, Junior Chamber International Award”. She is the youngest person to win the award. In 1997, she also received the “Outstanding Young Person of the Nation Award” conferred by Junior Chamber International, presented to her by the President of the Philippines.[20] She is the recipient of the “Outstanding Woman Panchayat Leader Award” as well, conferred by the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, and the “Neelam Ranga National Award” from the National Association for the Blind.[21]

Personal life

Sudha Patel's father was a Sarpanch as well. His term lasted 10 years. Her mother is a home-maker.[22] Sudha married Sandip, a chef from Hyderabad, in 2008.[4] Sudha and her younger sister are visually impaired since birth. She has made it as her mission to keep the people of her panchayat fit. Hence, she teaches yoga to the people of her panchayat.[4]

References

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  2. ^ "Hamaara Bharat Mahaan". mahaanbharat.tripod.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata; Mukherjee, Amitava (2006). Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-303-8.
  4. ^ a b c Soni, Nikunj (2010-03-09). "Blind, but with the vision of a yogi". DNA India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. ^ "The Times of India".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  8. ^ Garg, Shweta Rao; Gupta, Deepti (2017-09-18). The English Paradigm in India: Essays in Language, Literature and Culture. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-5332-0.
  9. ^ Rana, Niyati (2007-03-07). "The visionary who changed her village". DNA India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  10. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Brishti (2003-03-05). "They See!". Pitara Kids Network. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  11. ^ "Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender". Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  12. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Debabrata; Mukherjee, Amitava (2006). Empowering Women Panchayat Members: Handbook for Master Trainers Using Participatory Approach. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-303-8.
  13. ^ "Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender". Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  14. ^ "Hamaara Bharat Mahaan". mahaanbharat.tripod.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  15. ^ Soni, Nikunj (2010-03-09). "Blind, but with the vision of a yogi". DNA India. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  16. ^ "Hamaara Bharat Mahaan". mahaanbharat.tripod.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  17. ^ "Rediff On The NeT: Indian society is blind to a fault". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  18. ^ Mar 5, Prashant Rupera | TNN |; 2010; Ist, 22:27. "This visually disabled ensures board students get a helping hand | Vadodara News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-24. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ "Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender". Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  20. ^ "Women Leaders in Panchayats" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Women Leaders in Panchayats" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Read how this blind woman sarpanch from Gujarat is challenging notions about disability & gender". Newz Hook - Changing Attitudes towards Disability. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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