Hindu Ethics and the "Bandit Queen"
Who is Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen? Discussion about her occurs broadly on two levels: € a consideration of the social inequalities that produced Phoolan Delvi € a consideration of the film's exploitation of Phoolan Devi's story
Phoolan Devi versus "Bandit Queen"
Phoolan Devi "Caste as Woman: Izzat and Larai in Northern India" provides a good summary of the debate surrounding gender and violence in Phoolan Devi's case. Legal proceedings involving Phoolan Devi have been numerous. Check these news items for a briefing, and an interview with Phoolan Devi's mother. The violence in Phoolan Devi's life, and her exacting revenge, appears here in a mythology of obeisance maintained by this American Riot Grrl.			Bandit Queen The Phoolan Devi website, maintained by a person at U Virginia, focuses largeyl on the film and the controversy surrounding it. Many links to other sites, lots of info. Madhu Kishwar, editor of Manushi, has much to say in critique of the film. Her feminist critique raises many issues Arundhati Roy, Booker Prize winning author of The God of Small Things, lauches a scathingn attack on the film here on the SAWNET website in two parts: Part One; Part Two.
Will the real Phoolan Devi please stand up? The Atlantic Monthly's interview with Phoolan Devi.			The Atlantic Monthly's review of the film Bandit Queen and the issues surrounding it.