The Other India VIII: 'Child Politicians Bring Change to Rural India'

'After Pooja decided to run for Panchayat she had to choose an electoral symbol, draw up a list of campaign promises, and give speeches. She promised to bring more children into school. “Children should study,” she told her peers. “Not graze sheep.”

Read the eight installment of my series (this time with a great slideshow of photographs), The Other India, on The New York Times' India site, here.

Photo: Pooja Gujjar, Deputy Sarpanch, Bal Panchayat, Government Upper Primary Sanskrit School, Chaudhula village, Rajasthan. Copyright Sonia Faleiro.

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