Though Phoolan Devi stabbed her first husband, the one who’d raped her as a child bride, she hadn’t killed him. But at some point, her attitude changed and she began executing her rapists, others’ rapists. With each man Phoolan killed, the bounty for her head increased. As her crimes piled, so did her lore, until she was revered and reviled in equal measure. Previously Geeta had equated Phoolan’s lack of regret with stalwart courage. But now Geeta saw that her theories were based upon corrupt data. If Phoolan Devi didn’t feel regret for her crimes, perhaps it was because, to her, they weren’t
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