The Mothers of Manipur: Twelve Women Who Made History

by Teresa Rehman

July 15, 2004, Imphal (Manipur, India): An amazing scene unfolds in front of Kangla Fort, the headquarters of the Assam Rifles, a unit of the Indian army. Soldiers and officers watch aghast as twelve women, all in their sixties and seventies, position themselves in front of the gates and then, one by one, strip themselves naked. The imas, the mothers of Manipur, are in a cold fury, protesting the custodial rape and murder by the army of Thangjam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9384757764
• ISBN13: 9789384757762
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Zubaan Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.9"