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In Bansa, a Library Gave Women an Hour With No Practical Purpose

In Bansa, a Library Gave Women an Hour With No Practical Purpose

Ananya Ghosh ·

A creative workshop for married women who could barely read or write succeeded because it did not begin with correction, employability or a government target. It gave them leisure, attention and permission to imagine—things development language routinely undervalues.

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