Pink sari revolution : a tale of women and power in the badlands of India
By: Fontanella-Khan, Amana
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BookPublisher: New York : Oneworld Publications, 2014.Description: xviii, 284 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781780744063; 039306297XSubject(s): Pal, Sampat, 1961- | Women -- India -- Social conditions | Women's rights -- India | Feminism -- India | Women -- India -- Social conditions | Women's rights -- India | Feminism -- IndiaDDC classification: 305.42/0954 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 305.420954 FO PI (Browse shelf) | Available | T0015605 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-284).
Acknowledgments -- Prologue: nothing can go wrong -- A rose in the badlands -- Bandits on ballots -- The red room -- Love in Bundelkhand -- Everything wrong has happened -- The exorcist of Shahbajpur -- The sound of the bugle -- The scramble for Sheelu -- Epilogue -- Notes.
Discusses the feminist movement in India lead by Sampat Pal and her infamous Gulabi (Pink) gang.
When Sheelu was arrested for stealing from a powerful politician in the notoriously crooked region of Uttar Pradesh, she was sure that she would be forced to accept a prison sentence, not least because she had alleged that she had been assaulted by a man in the politician's household. But then Sampat Pal heard word of the charges, and the formidable commander of the pink-sari-wearing, pink-baton-wielding, 20,000-strong 'Pink Gang' decided to shake things up. Narrating the story of Sampat Pal and the Pink Gang's fight for Sheelu, as well as for others facing injustice and oppression, journalist Amana Fontanella-Khan delivers a riveting portrait of women grabbing fate with their own hands - and winning back their lives.
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