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Pink Sari Revolution Author: Amana Fontanella-Khan

ISBN: 9781780744063 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 304 Published: 1 July 2014 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 20.1 x 12.9 x 2.3 Description: Sampat Pal was married at twelve, and essentially illiterate. Today she leads a vibrant vigilante campaign that's securing women's rights across India: the Pink Gang. 'Riveting, inspiring, and relevant' New York Journal of Books

When Sheelu was arrested for stealing from a powerful politician in the badlands of India, she was sure that she would be forced to accept a prison sentence, not least because she alleged that she had been abused 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 Gulabi Gang, a/k/a the 'Pink' Gang, decided to shake things up.

In the story of Sampat Pal and the Pink Gang's fight for Sheelu, as well as others facing injustice and oppression at home or further afield, Amana Fontanella-Khan delivers a riveting, inspiring portrait of women grabbing fate with their own hands - and winning back their lives.

'Vivid...[Fontanella-Khan's] talent for storytelling and her detailed, sometimes poetic, descriptions of events and places, combined with ...

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