Written by Divya A |Updated: November 19, 2019 8:03:47 am
Author Rashmi Saksena on women who take up arms
Speaking at the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival in Kasauli recently, Saksena elaborated upon what motivates these women to abandon the traditional playbook for girls and embrace the uncertain life of an insurgent.
Purnima, a faith healer in Manipur, and Ribini, a nurse at a hospital in Assam. Unlikely occupations for women who once lived life on the run: the former as the fearless Nalini, a member of the rebel Kangleipak Communist Party, and the latter as “lance corporal Raisumai” of the Bodo Security Force, a banned separatist outfit in the North-East. In Kashmir, Khalida was just another schoolgirl till January 21, 2007, the day she was found with a bullet through her head. No one knows who killed Khalida, but hers is a story repeated at other times also in the conflict-ridden state.
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