Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India by Amana Fontanella-Khan (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! Throughout Pink Sari Revolution, the stick carried by the Gulabi Gang is referred to as a pink-painted "baton."More accurately it is a lathi – a traditional Indian weapon, made of bamboo, with a long history of martial use. Lathi (pronounced LAH-tee) literally means "bamboo stick" in Hindi. · The women gracing the cover of “Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India,” by Amana Fontanella-Khan, aren’t trying to make a .
Pal responded by organizing the women her NGO helped into a stick-wielding, pink sari-uniformed group that local journalists christened the Pink Gang. Fontanella-Khan deftly interweaves her portrait of Pal and her amazing sisterhood into the larger story of a notorious court case involving a dishonest politician's rape, abuse and. The Gulabi, or "Pink" Gang, which Amana Fontanella-Khan profiles in Pink Sari Revolution, is a group of 20, women raising awareness of women's rights in India and enlisting legal counsel for victims of caste violence, domestic or sexual assault, arranged child marriages and government harassment. The women have plenty to keep them busy. Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in India. Amana Fontanella-Khan. $; $; Publisher Description. In telling the story of the now 20,strong Pink Gang, who chose pink as the only color in India free of political or religious associations, the author delves into the roles played by the gang's supportive husbands, pro.
Pink Sari Revolution: A Tale of Women and Power in the Badlands of India [Paperback] [] Amana Fontanella-Khan Paperback – June 5, by Amana Fontanella-Khan (Author). Pink sari revolution: a tale of women and power in India and power in India by Fontanella-Khan, Amana, author India through the story of Sampat Pal and her. ‘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, combined with helpful explanations of customs and politics, draw the reader in to create a.
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