The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend | 
“Before I was married...I looked forward to being able to wear bells around my ankles and silver necklaces around my neck, but not any more, not since I had learned what they represented for the man who gave them. A necklace was no prettier than a piece of of rope that ties a goat to a tree, depriving it of freedom.â€
― Phoolan Devi, The Bandit Queen Of India
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TW: sexual assault
Phoolan Devi was the bandit queen of India. She ran away from an arranged marriage and was not accepted back by her family so she joined a bandit gang. Following a horrific assault she wreaked vengeance on a rival gang killing many. She was jailed for many years but after her release even became an MP. This is the most brutal book I‘ve ever read but this must be one of the most kick ass women of all time!
