Rukmani Devi: From Ploughing Others’ Lands To Cultivating Her Own
Speaking with SheThePeople, Jharkhand’s Rukmani Devi looked back on her life marked by hardships, how she tactically overpowered her bleak financial condition after her husband’s demise, and why agricultural entrepreneurship changed her life.
Rukmani Devi changed her life with what we often take for granted – India’s agriculture. Devi’s life story speaks volumes about resilience and how turning challenge into opportunity can change not one life but an entire family’s. Devi once tilled others’ lands and tended to chores, owning a plot of land she couldn’t cultivate due to the scarcity of water and lack of family support. One day, she discovered a glimmer of hope. Determined not to let her land languish, she sought their help, fueled by the desire to steer her children away from a life akin to her own, bound by labour in the fields.