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Anna becomes an icon, Irom Sharmila forgotten
CNN-IBN | Anubha Bhonsle | Aug 29, 2011 at 10:09am IST
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's 13-day fast might have attracted thousands and captured the imagination of an entire nation, but in sharp and dismaying contrast is the iconic struggle of Irom Sharmila in Manipur. For ten years Irom Sharmila Chanu hasn't eaten a morsel of food, nor taken a drop of water. She is fasting in protest, demanding that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act must go to free Manipur from fear.
Today, the Gandhian on a modern day satyagraha is a high security prisoner booked under attempt to suicide.
"Whether Anna supports her or not, it doesn't matter. If he supports her it's very good as a citizen and as a human being. But at another point if he doesn't support her that is also fine with us. Sharmila will continue her fasting until she gets her demand," her brother said.
She is only matched by the protest of 12 mothers of Manipur who disrobed themselves to protest the indifference of a disinterested nation when Thangjoram Manorma, was picked up by the Assam Rifles claiming she was part of an underground group. Her body was later found with clear signs of brutal torture and rape.
The women of Manipur have protested bared and dared, but sadly no one is listening.
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