Introduction The essay “Where There Is A Wheel” is taken from the book ‘Everybody loves a good drought’ written by P. Sainath a noted Indian journalist who writes columns regularly in leading journals on issues such as social problems, rural problems and poverty post globalization. Theme / Summary This essay is about a social movement through cycling in Pudukkottai district of Tamilnadu in 1992 where over 100,000 rural women took to cycling. Most of them were neo-literates who used cycling as a symbol of independence, freedom and mobility. According to P. Sainath, cycling has given new meaning and social identity to women, agricultural workers, quarry labourers and village health nurses. Even balwadi and anganwadi (baby sitter) workers, gem cutters and school teachers have joined the bandwagon. There are also gram sevikas and mid-day meal workers who have joined the new movement. The Arivoli Iyakkam (Light of Knowledge Movement) that led the community literacy m
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