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PROVOKED: THE STORY OF KIRANJIT AHLUWALIA (pb)2007
Author: AHLUWALIA
ISBN: 8172236700
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHER (INDIA) LTD.
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Born into a privileged family in India Kiranjit Ahluwalia came to England in 1979 to be married to a man she hardly knew. The next ten years were to be a nightmare of almost daily physical mental and sexual violence at the hands of her husband. There was no one she could turn to for help and support. Domestic violence was a taboo subject for many Asians in Britain and family honour – izzat – was at stake for anyone who went outside the family for help. Kiranjit in desperation killed the man who had tortured her for so long. Bewildered poorly advised and speaking little English she was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. In prison she unexpectedly found a degree of freedom she had never known in the outside world. For the first time she was safe from beatings and abuse and was able to enjoy the friendship and solidarity of other women who were in a similar situation. Meanwhile a campaign organised by Southall Black Sisters a women’s group operating on a shoestring budget to draw attention to her plight was gathering momentum. Media coverage of her plight had made Kiranjit something of a cause celebre and she attracted many prominent supporters including Diana Princess of Wales who urged her to write this book. She was released amid scenes of rejoicing in September 1992 when her conviction for murder was reduced to manslaughter on appeal. Regina v Ahluwalia has become legal history because it was a landmark ruling that paved the way for other women in Kiranjit’s situation to win justice.
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. In The Bowels Of Holloway
2. Let Him RI.P
3. A Kind Of Freedom
4. Paradise Lost
5. Looking For A Gilded Cage
6. The Cage Closes
7. Upstairs And Downstairs
8. Thrown Out
9. Nowhere To Run
10. Turning The Tables
11. Beginnings And Endings
12. Lies, Ties And Suicide
13. Teaspoons To Double Glazing
14. The Storm Clouds Gather
15. A Circle Of Light
16. Another Life Sentence
17. Campaign And Be Damned!
18. My Faith Returns
19. Through The Eye Of A Needle
20. High On Hope
Epilogue: The SBS Story
Afterword
Resource List
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