by Sampat Pal · Editorial Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408086574
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«El ejército de los saris rosas» is the autobiography of Sampat Pal, published by Editorial Planeta in paperback (350 pages, in Spanish).
After learning to read in secret as a child, Sampat Pal decides to stand up to a society that marginalizes women and the poor. With other women dressed in pink saris and armed with sticks, she founds the Gulabi Gang, a group that defends the helpless and pressures authorities to deliver justice. The book tells her story and that of the gang.
The action is set in Uttar Pradesh and the book was published in 2009. Sampat Pal founded the Gulabi Gang in the Banda district.
For readers interested in social activism, women's rights advocacy and the rural reality of India.
