Afterward, I'll go to the gurdwara that 200 Sikhs cleaned yesterday as our sewa.

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In Hindi, paropakari sewa which is not selfless service but includes benefit for the one who gives.

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She stated that SEWA's training targeted 1.5 million women for programs in green technology including solar energy and cook stoves.

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Sewa Singh Mandla, chairman of Sikh Gurdwaras, said he did not condone what had happened at the theatre but protesters had been provoked.

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Ms. Nanavaty with SEWA explained that the organization works to empower women workers in 11 Indian states and countries across the region, including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and others.

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Critics of the move also wonder why the government does not replicate the example of Sewa Bank, a 41-year-old all women's co-operative bank, which was begun in Gujarat by social worker Ela Bhatt.

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