
The Gulabi Gang
Witness History
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A Woman's Struggle to Stand Out Visually
Sympathevy is now well known and controversial figure, but she was born in a remote part of north central india called bundle can. It was an area where women were often badly treated by their husbands, by their relatives or by gangs. With the help of some other women in the village, semper started organizing women into a vigilant group am with bamboo sticks called loti's. Some had also wanted a way for them to stand out visually. And there was one color that wasn't already being used by political groups in india, the sais from can poor.
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