Rohini Pawar

A vocal woman-rights activist in a conservative society in a Pune village, Rohini is the feminist icon everyone, everywhere should look up to. For the longest time, Rohini Pawar, from Walhe, Pune, dreamed of becoming a doctor, but these dreams were curtailed when she was married at 15. “I felt all my dreams would crash and end there,” she says. “I was scared, everything was different. I suddenly found myself living away from home, burdened with responsibilities,” she says.  “I wanted to make sure that other girls didn’t have to face the same problems.” After slowly gaining financial independence by…

Farmers from Bongvali village of Pune district in Maharashtra are losing their land to a money lender who cheats them on the pretext of helping them out during times of crisis. Sitaram Shevram Surve keeps a farmer’s land as mortgage against loans and when the farmer goes to return the money which is usually a small amount, he refuses and gobbles their land instead. In this video, CC Rohini Pawar interviews Kashinath Bate, a farmer whose land was recently grabbed by the Surve family in a similar fashion. On further inquiry, she finds more of his victims and cases dating as long back as 9 years.

Rohini appeals viewers to please call the District Collector of Pune on +912026114949 and ask him to help the farmers get back their land.

Community correspondent Rohini Pawar reports from Pune, Maharashtra for IndiaUnheard.

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