खबर लहरिया Deep-dives The thing that gets you glory- what charges youth politics in rural India? Episode 2

The thing that gets you glory- what charges youth politics in rural India? Episode 2

Lok sabha ,In the heat and dust of the district court in Karwi, the headquarters of Chitrakoot district, housed in a yellowing, decrepit, striking colonial compound, the starch in Meera Bharti’s white and black court attire is refreshing. It draws attention, when you are lulled into thinking that everything is as it always is, this is a familiar public scenario, that there is a slight, young woman amongst all the men, watching the goings on, gaining experience of the way the system works and waiting for an opportunity to intervene. And then, she does.  ‘I’m entering politics, because I think for an issue, or a person to get the merit they deserve, activism doesn’t work. Politics is what will enable