I Phoolan Devi The Autobiography Of India's Bandit Queen

A female Robin Hood, a modern day count of Monte Cristo -Phoolan Devi, the notorious Bandit queen of India, has become a living legend. Enduring cruel poverty and degradation, Phoolan Devi survived the humiliation of an abusive marriage, the savage killing of her bandit-lover and horrifying gang rape to claim retribution for herself and all low-caste women of the Indian plains. In a three-year campaign which rocked the government, she delivered justice to the rape victims and stole from the rich to give to the poor, before negotiating surrender on her own terms. Throughout her years of imprisonment without trial Phoolan Devi remained a beacon of hope for the poor and downtrodden, and in 1996, midst both popular support and media controversy, she was elected to the Indian Parliament.