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Pankaj ButaliaPankaj Butalia taught economics for twenty years at Delhi University before becoming a film-maker. His films include the award-winning documentary Moksha (1993), about the widows of Brindavan, and the feature film Karavan (1999). Recent articlesPhoolan Devi: from travesty to tragedy She was shabby, spoke Hindi roughly, and came from a lower caste. The violence of revenge, and media voraciousness, made her notorious. Yet she never lost herself, nor her confident disdain for her adversaries. Two Indian observers pay their respects. |
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