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Re: عصابة (جلابي) النسائية في الهند (Pink Sari) - اكثر من 20 الف عضوة (Re: Mahjob Abdalla)
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Quote: Gulabi Gang
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For the 2012 documentary film, see Gulabi Gang (film).
For the 2014 Bollywood film, see Gulab Gang.
A member of the Gulabi Gang during a meeting The Gulabi gang (from Hindi and#2327;and#2369;and#2354;and#2366;and#2348;and#2368; gulaband#299;, "pink") is a group of Indian women vigilantes and activists originally from Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh,[1] but reported to be active across North India as of 2010.[2]
Contents [hide] 1 History 2 In popular culture 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External links
History[edit]
The Gulabi gang was founded by Sampat Pal Devi, a mother of five and former government health worker (as well as a former child bride), as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women.[3] Gulabis visit abusive husbands and threaten to beat them with laathis unless they stop abusing their wives.[1][4]
In 2008, they stormed an electricity office in Banda district and forced officials to turn back on the power they had cut in order to extract bribes.[5] They have also stopped child marriages and protested dowry and female illiteracy.[2]
The group, which the Indian media portray positively, was reported to have 20,000 members as of 2008, as well as a chapter in Paris, France.[1]
In popular culture[edit]
The Gulabi gang is the subject of the 2010 movie Pink Saris by Kim Longinotto[6] as is the 2012 documentary Gulabi Gang by Nishtha Jain.[7][8]
Initially, it was reported that the Bollywood film, Gulaab Gang, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla as leads, is based on Sampat Pal's life, but the director denied this, saying that he is obliged to her work but the movie is not based on her life.[9] On March 7, 2014 Sampat Pal Devi suffered a huge blow when the movie Gulaab Gang was allowed to release by the Delhi High Court and on the very same day she was ousted from her group.[10][11]
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