Photo submitted by Nazia Batool.
Nazia Batool, President of the Batool Welfare Trust, Pakistan is distributing gifts among women community on the centenary of IWD, 2011,2011. Contributed by Nazia Batool.
Photographed 5.2.2010 in Dahma Khairi Kutaha, Khagaria district. "In the absence of a male head of household, a woman residing in the flood prone areas have to look after children, livestock, household chores, agriculture and much more, hardly leaving time to care for herself. The absence of men in the region is a result of... Continue Reading →
Rasika Reddy, Horse Breaker, 16.09.10, Pune. Contributed by Ashish Verma.
Photo taken in Nepal, 2008, by Harini Calamur.
Reeta, businesswoman in the transportation sector (Oil tankers), 29. 10. 09, New Delhi. Photo submitted by Ashish Verma.
Roopalee Parswani, Disk Jockey, 14.03.10, Ahmedabad. Photo submitted by Ashish Verma
Rupa, horse jockey, Chennai, 9.1.2010. Photo submitted by Ashish Verma.
The athlete in the picture won a gold medal in the disc throwing competition during the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi (contributor Sakshi Kumar).
"This picture was found during a college archival project. It was taken in the late 70s in a photo studio. The degree Pratibha Sharma holds is from Delhi University. She is my friend's aunt from whom we borrowed this photograph." Contributed by Sakshi Kumar.
Construction and maintenance work in a Bhopal village. Submitted by Lokendra Singh Kot.
Submitted by Harini Calamur.
Submitted by Lokendra Singh Kot (Bhopal)
Sonika Kaliraman, wrestler, Ropar, Haryana, (15-11-09) Submitted by Ashish Verma
Sunita Chaudhary, auto rickshaw driver, New Delhi, (30-10-09), Submitted by Ashish Verma
Supreet Dhiman, businesswoman and founder of CATS (an adventure group), Chandigarh (20-10-09). Submitted by Ashish Verma
"My mother is seen here at an inter-collegiate debate that took place at some point between 1983-1986. She studied at Miranda College, University of Delhi and participated in many events such as this." Photo contributed by Sakshi Kumar
Contributed by Lokendra Singh Kot (Bhopal)
Washer women at Sawant Wadi, Maharashtra, 2008 Photo submitted by Harini Calamur
Nazia Batool, President Batool Welfare Trust Pakistan is briefing a community of women about the centenary of  IWD, 2011 Contributed by Nazia Batool
"Nagalakshmi and N. Valli (my grandmother and grand aunt respectively) taking time off sweet and savoury making and joining in the Diwali celebrations, late 1960s in Madras" (contributor Hamsini Ravi)
Mythily Sivaraman at a street corner meeting, Tamil Nadu (exact location not known) in the late 1990s - early 2000s. It is a photograph of Mythily speaking at a meeting organized by women activists of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), Jananayaga Maadhar Sangam. One of the founder members of AIDWA in Tamil Nadu,... Continue Reading →
An adivasi woman in Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo submitted by Lokendra Singh Kot.
Mythily Sivaraman in Keezhvenmani village (Nagai district, Tamil Nadu), in early January 1969. The picture was taken when Mythily visited Keezhvenmani village shortly after an infamous massacre in December 1968 in which 44 dalit labourers were burnt alive in a locked hut by local landlords after a long agitation for higher wages. Mythily was the... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Arun Budhathoki (Kathmandu, Nepal)
Mythily Sivaraman in the office of the state government of New York (Albany), March 1966. The picture of Mythily and her colleagues was taken at a farewell party for Mythily who worked from Feb.1965 to March 1966 in the Research and Fiscal Policy Planning Unit of the Budget Division of the State Government of New... Continue Reading →
Contributed by Arun Budhathoki, Kathmandu, Nepal
The 'Rainmakers' exhibition photo album
'Rainmakers' exhibition photo album
‘Rainmakers’ guest comments
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Read about our upcoming 'Rainmakers' exhibit, August 5 - 7, 2011