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Irom Sharmila's silent resilience ignored
CNN-IBN | Updated Jun 10, 2011 at 10:06pm IST
But when it comes to fasts and dharnas, popularity clearly matters. Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare hog public limelight and the Centre's attention but a woman, who has been on a fast in Manipur against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act has been ignored for ten years now.
The Iron Lady of Manipur as she is often called has been on a fast for the last ten years protesting against the AFSPA that is in place in parts of Manipur and the north east and gives the Army and the paramilitary forces the power to shoot or arrest on mere suspicion. The Indian state has kept her alive on a cocktail of vitamins and nutrients. She is force-fed twice a day through her nose.
Ramdev and Hazare are received at airports, invited to joint panels with government, she is treated like a criminal, perhaps because she's in Manipur and ignored by the media.
"I question is why can't they consider the northeast states like the rest of the country?" said Sharmila.
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