“For every case reported
there is at least another one
who has suffered in silence”leFt Sampat Pal Devi,
founder of the Gulabi Gang
at their headquarters in
Uttar Pradeshabove leFt Sayah Bana, 22,
joined the Gulabi Gang to
find justice for her case after
being cheated on and abused
by her husbandabove The Gulabi Gang is
a team of women working
towards justice for oppressed
and abused womenJa nk i Devi’s Story
Janki Devi’s relationship with the man she fell in love
with was never easy. She was only 15 when she met
Anand Kumar, a 20-something to whom a few months
later she lost her virginity, but both sets of parents
opposed the union outright.
Not surprisingly, in rural areas of the Indian state
of Uttar Pradesh, as is common across the country in
varying degrees, romantic relationships are a matter
arranged between two families regardless of feelings.
They become a mathematical operation where caste,
economic status and political relations between the two