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| Photo: Animikh Chakrabarty : The Devi Incarnation: Anmol, a resident of Sheikhpur Gurha village in Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh, next to Phoolan Devi’s statue at the entrance of her home in the village

Phoolan Devi: Caste, Violence and the Burden of a Manufactured Legend

Media accounts simultaneously cast her as victim and avenger, until a life shaped by caste violence and gendered oppression was repackaged into a consumable myth of dishonour and revenge

BY Zenaira Bakhsh

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| Photo: PTI/Karma Bhutia : AAP chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference after getting a clean chit in the liquor policy case, in New Delhi. A Delhi court, which on Friday discharged Kejriwal and 21 others in the politically-charged liquor-policy case, expressed its displeasure with the CBI for using the phrase "South Group" while cautioning it to exercise restraint in its choice of language.

Day In Pics: February 27, 2026

| Photo: Animikh Chakrabarty/Outlook : Anmol, a local villager takes us to the house of Phoolan Devi in Shekhpur Guda. As he unveils the Statue from its “ghoongat”, he stops to pose with it for the camera

Phoolan Devi: Memory, Myth, And The Villages Left Behind

| Photo: PTI : Odisha Vigilance officials count seized cash during a raid at the residence of arrested Deputy Director of Mines Debabrata Mohanty in connection with a bribery case, in Bhubaneswar. Over Rs 4 crore in cash was recovered during the raids, officials said.

Day In Pics: February 25, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib is taken into police custody after a hearing at Patiala House Court in connection with the AI Impact Summit protest case, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 24, 2026

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| Photo: PTI : Police personnel stands guard as a demolition drive is underway to clear illegal houses along the Aji river banks and TP Road in the Jangleshwar area, in Rajkot, Gujarat.

Day In Pics: February 23, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Arms and ammunition recovered from the site of an encounter between security forces and militants, in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir.

Day In Pics: February 22, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists burn an effigy of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to protest Youth Congress workers' shirtless disruption at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, in Patna.

Day In Pics: February 21, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Indian Air Force's (IAF) Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) performs manoeuvres over the Jal Mahal during full dress rehearsal ahead of the Sarang and Surya Kiran Air Show, in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Day In Pics: February 20, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, state Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, DMDK General Secretary Premalatha Vijayakanth and others during a meeting, at DMK headquarters in Chennai. DMDK officially joined the DMK-led alliance ahead of the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

Day In Pics: February 19, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Visitors at Galgotias University's stall during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi. The University has been asked to vacate its stall at the AI Summit Expo immediately, sources said on Wednesday, amid a controversy over the display of a robotic dog that raised questions about the origin and ownership of the technology showcased.

Day In Pics: February 18, 2026

| Photo: AP : Delegates watch an exhibition in the sidelines of an AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 17, 2026

| Photo: Handout via PTI : Firefighters and locals at a chemical factory building after a fire broke out at the premises, in the Khushkhera-Karouli Industrial Area of Bhiwadi, Rajasthan. Officials said seven workers were killed and two others were feared trapped after a fire broke out at the unit.

Day In Pics: February 16, 2026

| Photo: PTI : A coach of an empty passenger train catches fire at Katwa railway station, in Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal.

Day In Pics: February 15, 2026

| Photo: PTI : An entrepreneur arranges Kashmiri apples displayed in a pyramid-shaped stall at the agri-tech mela Gongul organised by SKUAST-K at its Shalimar campus, in Srinagar.

Day In Pics: February 14, 2026

| Photo: Shahbaz Khan/PTI : Congress MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and other Opposition MPs stage a protest during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 13, 2026

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, suspended MPs Hibi Eden, Dean Kuriakose, Prashant Padole, Manickam Tagore and other opposition MPs stage a protest over the India-US interim trade deal, accusing the government of "surrendering" Indian interests, during the Budget session of Parliament, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 12, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Vendors put up a clothing stall during the 'Snow Festival' at Aru Valley, in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir.

Day In Pics: February 11, 2026

| Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary : RJD MPs stage a protest in the Parliament premises over various issues during the Budget session, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 10, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Students stand outside DTA Tamil School after it received a bomb threat, in New Delhi. More than a dozen schools across the national capital received bomb threat emails.

Day In Pics: February 09, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar, with Jay Pawar, son of former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash in Pune's Baramati, performs latters last rite rituals, in Prayagraj.

Day In Pics: February 08, 2026

| Photo: PTI : People wait during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, at a centre, in Kolkata.

Day In Pics: February 07, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Police personnel investigate the spot after two wanted persons were arrested following a brief encounter, at RK Puram area, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 06, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Search and rescue operation underway after at least 18 miners were killed and several others were feared trapped following an explosion in an illegal coal mining site, in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya.

Meghalaya Illegal Coal Mine Blast Kills At Least 18

| Photo: PTI : People arrange their documents during hearings under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Nadia, West Bengal.

Day In Pics: February 05, 2026

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with Lok Sabha MPs who were suspended on Tuesday for the remainder of the Budget session for "unruly behaviour'', as they stage a protest with a poster ‘'PM is compromised'’, at Parliament premises in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 04, 2026

| Photo: PTI/Salman Ali : Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other during the Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi.

Day In Pics: February 03, 2026

| Photo: PTI : Police detain students of Patna University during a 'Justice March' held in support of the UGC Regulations 2026, in Patna.

Day In Pics: February 02, 2026

| Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and her team members outside the Ministry of Finance before the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27, in New Delhi

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