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Irom Sharmila – The "Iron Lady" of Manipur
The Viewspaper | Devika Mittal , 18 July 2011, 06:35 GMT
India is known as the ‘land of miracles’. Indians have always surprised the world. Another interesting but hidden aspect of “Incredible India” lies in the lush green, hilly valleys of Manipur. Here, a poet has been on a hunger strike for 11 years! In a democracy, someone has been on a hunger strike for 11 years. She has been neglected and brutally suppressed. Can’t believe it na? We’ll be setting a record soon!
What Anna and Baba Ramdev had and Irom didn’t and still doesn’t is media coverage. Though some channels have given some respect to the “Iron Lady”. Others have been busy…terribly busy telecasting episodes of comedy shows. Katrina Kaif’s new boyfriend is apparently more important news than another murder of a civilian in Manipur. Their sense of “news” has become ‘different’…it has become ‘spicy’. But Anna and Baba made headlines…for some hours, the comedy shows received a backseat. Irom Sharmila could not. Why?
In this capitalist society, Media is another business. It has become a buyer’s market. It sells news which people want to buy. Anna’s anti-corruption campaign became pan-Indian but Irom Sharmila could not appeal to the middle class sensibilities. Why? Because Irom Sharmila and Manipur terrorism is the story of the secluded north-east. What is north-east for an average North-Indian? North-east… land of tribes and the tribal full stop
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