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Vigilantes in Pink

Fed up with abusive husbands and corrupt officials, India's poorest women are fighting back.

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G.M.B. Akash
Fed up with abusive husbands and corrupt officials, India's poorest women are banding together, taking up arms, and fighting back. Even more shocking than the pink saris they wear: Their quest for justice is actually working.
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THE GULABI GANG When local officials refused to take action against an alleged rapist, scores of pink-sari-clad women stormed the police station, demanding action. They also reportedly dragged a politician from his car to show him a decaying road.
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BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY Vigilantes learn how to fight with traditional lathis (sticks) outside the mud-brick home of Gulabi Gang founder Sampat Pal Devi.
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GULABI GANG FOUNDER Sampat Pal Devi has become a local celebrity and is often asked to mediate land and domestic disputes.
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TO BE "UNTOUCHABLE" Banda's poorest women earn as little as 75 cents a day and are often married off before puberty.
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THE RIGID CLASS SYSTEM has relegated Banda's poorest women to menial jobs, like cleaning outhouses or preparing the dead for funeral pyres.
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