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Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India
Amana Fontanella-Khan
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Description for Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India
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Sampat Pal was married at twelve, essentially illiterate. Today she leads a vigilante group fighting for women’s rights: the Pink Gang.
When Sheelu was arrested for stealing from a powerful politician, she was sure that she would be forced to accept a prison sentence, not least because she alleged that she had been abused b y 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.
In the story of Sampat Pal and the Pink Gang’s fight ... Read more
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Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780744063
SKU
V9781780744063
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About Amana Fontanella-Khan
Amana Fontanella-Khan is a contributor to the Financial Times, FT Weekend, Vogue, New York Times, Daily Beast, and other publications. After years living in Mumbai and coming to know the women of the Pink Gang, she now lives in Brussels. This is her first book.
Reviews for Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India
‘Powerful… Fontanella-Khan balances descriptions of individual lives with more general insights about the struggles of women in India, and draws the reader in as the Pink Gang fights for Nishad’s freedom.’
Financial Times
'Pink Sari Revolution often reads more like a novel than reportage. Her talent for storytelling and her detailed, sometimes poetic, descriptions of events and places, ... Read more
Financial Times
'Pink Sari Revolution often reads more like a novel than reportage. Her talent for storytelling and her detailed, sometimes poetic, descriptions of events and places, ... Read more