“Whether or not it is the Truth is no longer relevant. The point is that it will, (if it hasn’t already) - become the Truth. Phoolan Devi, the woman has ceased to be important. (Yes of course she ...
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 ...