
India: Pink Vigilantes by Sanjit Das
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47 year old Sampat Pal Devi (out of picture), founder and leader of the 10,000 strong 'Gulabi Gang' (Pink Gang), trains other women in the group to fight with lathis (traditional Indian sticks). In the badlands of Bundelkhand, one of the poorest parts of one of India's most populous states, a gang of female vigilantes have sprung up to fight the oppression of a caste-ridden, feudalistic and male dominated society. In a land where dowry demands and domestic and sexual violence are common, the...
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