![Sampat Devi Pal, head of the "Gulabi (pink) Gang", a women's rights group, promotes her book "Me, Sampat Pal, head of the Pink Sari Gang", at a bookstore in Paris on October Sampat Devi Pal, head of the "Gulabi (pink) Gang", a women's rights group, promotes her book "Me, Sampat Pal, head of the Pink Sari Gang", at a bookstore in Paris on October](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2d31dhb/sampat-devi-pal-head-of-the-gulabi-pink-gang-a-womens-rights-group-promotes-her-book-me-sampat-pal-head-of-the-pink-sari-gang-at-a-bookstore-in-paris-on-october-23-2008-the-gulabi-pink-gang-lead-by-the-55-year-old-pal-a-mother-of-five-is-a-group-of-about-10000-female-members-in-the-bundelkhand-region-all-members-of-the-group-wear-pink-sarees-a-traditional-indian-womens-wear-all-the-time-thus-earning-the-name-gulabi-gang-armed-with-traditional-sticks-the-gang-based-in-banda-district-of-bundelkhand-region-fights-for-womens-rights-in-the-region-almost-all-of-th-2d31dhb.jpg)
Sampat Devi Pal, head of the "Gulabi (pink) Gang", a women's rights group, promotes her book "Me, Sampat Pal, head of the Pink Sari Gang", at a bookstore in Paris on October
Growing Bolder - The Pink Sari Gang. Denied the opportunity to go to school because of her gender, Sampat Pal Davi learned to read and write by eavesdropping outside the windows of
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Sampat Devi Pal (L), head of the "Gulabi (pink) Gang", a women's rights group, addresses her colleagues at their office in Attara village, in the Bundelkhand region of the northern Indian state
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