![]() ![]() ![]() Uniformed in pink saris and carrying pink batons, they aim to intervene wherever other women are victims of abuse or injustice. ![]() Poor and illiterate, married off around the age of twelve, pregnant with her first child at fifteen, and prohibited from attending school, Sampat Pal has risen to become the courageous commander and chief of a women’s brigade numbering in the tens of thousands. In a region plagued by corruption, an incident like this might have gone unnoticed-except that it captured the attention of Sampat Pal, leader of India’s infamous Gulabi (Pink) Gang. This is one explanation for how Sheelu, a seventeen-year-old girl, ended up in jail after fleeing her service in the home of a powerful local legislator. In Uttar Pradesh-known as the "badlands" of India-a woman’s life is not entirely her own. ![]()
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