Ep. 5 brings you the story of Phoolan Devi, a convicted mass murderer who then ran for India's parliament on a platform of feminism and class equality … and won.

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SOURCES

https://indianexpress.com/article/long-reads/the-day-phoolan-devi-and-gang-shot-20-men-dead-in-a-up-village-9178081/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoolan_Devi

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1996/11/indias-bandit-queen/304890/

The Great Indian Rape Trick I & II - Arundhati Roy, My Seditious Heart

MUSIC courtesy of Pixabay

Theme: Forward to the Future

Somewhere in Punjab

Silent Serenade - Tech Oasis

ARCHIVAL CLIPS

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxRlXVVmKto

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