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Force-feeding India
Rajdeep Sardesai, Hindustan Times | September 08, 2011
'Why don't you cover Irom Sharmila's decade-old fast with the same intensity as you did Anna Hazare's 12-day fast?' asked Binalakshmi Nepram, the founder of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network with characteristic passion. On stage in a live programme, there was no escape. "Perhaps, it's because Ramlila Maidan is closer to television studios than Imphal," was my feeble response.
The 'tyranny of distance' can only be a part-explanation for why a 39-year-old Manipuri woman's fast that began in November 2000 for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has not resonated across TV channels and the nation in the manner that Anna Hazare's did.
Yes, it did take a nude street protest by Manipuri women for the national media to wake up momentarily to an unfolding tragedy.
But to see this only from the prism of the traditional 'neglect' of the Northeast would be to ignore the contemporary reality of what constitutes 'democratic' protest in the eyes of the media and enlightened citizenry.
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