Patna/muzaffarpur, Feb. 17 -- In the crowded corridors of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Poonam Devi, 40, moves with purpose.
Each day, she travels several kilometres from her village near Patna to work in the hospital canteen. But it is not any other canteen, she has its ownership.
"I used to work in my fields and earn nothing, but now I bring home money. My husband and in-laws were not happy with my decision to be part of a self-help group and go out of the house but once they saw the inflow of money, things changed," she said, adding that now she earns more than her husband and enjoys an autonomy which she didn't think was possible before.
Poonam is among the 3,952 women involved with 'Didi Ki Rasoi' (DKR), an initiative w...