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A tale of two Indian hunger strikers : Irom Sharmila and Anna Hazare
AFP | Rupam Jain Nair (AFP) | Aug 31, 2011
Two Indian hunger strikers, Anna Hazare and Irom Sharmila, both used the same non-violent weapon -- but one amassed nationwide support in days, the other lies on a hospital bed in obscurity.
Arrested and confined to a medical college ward in the remote, revolt-hit northeastern state of Manipur, Sharmila has been on hunger strike for more than 10 years to protest against a controversial anti-insurgency law.
Indian authorities force-feed the "Iron Lady of Manipur", as she has been dubbed, through a plastic drip in her nose to prevent her death.
While nearly a million people thronged the New Delhi venue where social activist Hazare, 74, staged a 12-day anti-corruption fast this month, Sharmila has never experienced such a massive groundswell of support.
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