Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India - Brossura

Fontanella-Khan, Amana

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780744064 ISBN 13: 9781780744063

Casa editrice: Oneworld Publications, 2014

Riassunto

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 for Sheelu, as well as others facing injustice and oppression, Amana Fontanella-Khan delivers a riveting portrait of women grabbing fate with their own hands - and winning back their lives.

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Recensione:

'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, combined with helpful explanations of customs and politics, draw the reader in to create a fascinating portrait of a country in flux.' --New Statesman

'A powerful, engrossing portrait of one woman s fight for female empowerment in India. Sampat Pal s extraordinary courage will inspire you, delight you and fill you with hope.' --Sonia Faleiro, author of Beautiful Thing

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

'A powerful, engrossing portrait of one woman s fight for female empowerment in India. Sampat Pal s extraordinary courage will inspire you, delight you and fill you with hope.' --Sonia Faleiro, author of Beautiful Thing

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

L'autore:

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.

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• Editore: Oneworld Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780744064
• ISBN 13: 9781780744063
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304