Weaving is giving Indian women hope in the face of climate change

Feb 1, 2019

A woman spins cotton thread on a charkha (spinning wheel) in the courtyard of a temple in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya September 22, 2010. A court will rule on Friday whether Hindus or Muslims own land around a demolished mosque in Ayodhya in a bid to settle a dispute that in 1992 sparked some of the worst riots since the sub-continent's partition. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION SOCIETY) - GM1E69M1PFJ01

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Moushumi Basu

Environment Journalist, Thomson Reuters Foundation

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