Media reduced Phoolan Devi to a sensational figure—sexualised, dramatised and stripped of structural context. Bandit Queen reinforced the revenge narrative, overshadowing caste realities and political ...
You've been covering Phoolan Devi's story for thirteen years or so. What first drew you to her? It was partly the myth, the lore, and curiosity about who she was. When I arrived in India [as a foreign ...