So in my heart I came to the conclusion that I had to pick up the gun. The conditions in society are such that there is inequality between men and women. Sons can get the property of their fathers, but daughters cannot. If we get married and go to live in our husband's household there is suppression, so we can't be free. Women are not denied any aspect of the revolution and I'm convinced that the new democratic system we're fighting for will provide equality for women.
Several guerrillas mention how they had been inspired and emboldened by the bravery of the martyrs.
I did not get a chance to get an education, so I went to the city to work. So I got involved in the student movement, met some of the leaders and then joined the party's youth organization. I joined the people's army on the day of the raid on the Bethan police post. The main reason I joined was not only economic repression, but being from an indigenous ethnic group, we can't speak our language, read our mother tongue and are repressed by the Hindu government. So now I have great hope and determination that we will be able to establish a new democratic system that is for equality and will wipe out all the discrimination being done by reactionaries.