WARANGAL: She courses through difficult paths, darkness around her, but brightens the lives of many around her. The deepest of forests, the harshest of weathers, the sharpest of thrones fail to stop her from reaching out to the people in need.
Congress MLA from Mulugu, Danasari Anasuya alias Seethakka, known among the poor as the ‘Iron Lady of Telangana’ has created a special image for herself in state politics too. A Naxalite for 11 years before she took to politics, Seethakka spent more than 100 days during the Covid-19 lockdown season supplying essentials to remote Adivasi hamlets.
On International Women’s Day, Seethakka shares some of her views on the present-day woman in a conversation with Deccan Chronicle.
Q. How do you assess the level of empowerment of women in Indian society?
Women started fighting for their rights in 1909 but the level of empowerment envisioned at that time has not been attained even after 100 years. Women are coming out of their homes and…