Through media network Khabar Lahariya, Kavita Devi and Meera Devi are ensuring elected heads are held accountable by reporting on issues of women and marginalised communities from the hinterland
Kavita Devi is on a mission: To dispel the notion that women are timid and emotional, and that they cannot become journalists as it is a challenging field. “Mahilayein komal hoti hain, turant roney lagti hain, yeh jo Laxman rekha khinchi hui hai mahilaon ke liye, hamey usey laanghna hai [we need to traverse the lines drawn for women on the assumption that they are weak and cry at the drop of a hat],” says Kavita, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Khabar Lahariya, the only women-led digital rural media network in the country.
(This story appears in the 16 December, 2022 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)