The women of ASHA: overworked, underpaid and on the edge of breakdown
There’s a saying in the Chhattisgarhi dialect. Sukh mein sab hain, dukh mein Mitanin. Everyone is there in times of joy, but in sorrow, there are only Mitanins. The word translates to ‘friends’. A friendship, between women, one with the promise of compassion. In 2002, Mitanins also came to symbolise care, when the newly-formed State … Read more