As the sun begins to set on the village of Soda in western India, Chhavi Rajawat walks through the dusty streets, stopping to chat with residents who emerge from the wooden doorways of their homes to greet her.
Folding their hands together and bending to touch 39-year-old Rajawat's feet, women in colourful saris and elderly moustached men with turbans seek her help on everything from family feuds to neighbourhood littering.
The scene is an unusual one for India's desert state of Rajasthan - a conservative patriarchal region known more for its high numbers of child brides than for empowering women - but Rajawat is accustomed to busting the traditional narrative.
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