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The tragedy of being Irom Sharmila
Rediff.com | Sumit Bhattacharya | December 15, 2011 09:55 IST
"The security mania around Sharmila is insane," says Babloo Loitongbam, at whose organisation, Human Rights Alert, Sharmila was an intern before she started her fast. "There is no precedent for it, except during the time of (the arrest of) Jayaprakash Narayan, and that too just for a few months. And this for a lady who has never killed a fly."
Others recount an incident in the hospital ward when there were lots of ants on Sharmila's bed. She was not bothered. 'They are only ants, what will they do except bite,' she is supposed to have said.
"She is a deeply spiritual person far removed from petty politics," says another person who has known Sharmila personally over the years. "She will never ask for anything. Even the police who guard her respect her and love her."
Also:
* Meeting Irom Sharmila
* No one has filed a PIL against ban of visitors to Sharmila
* 'Irom Sharmila is an ordinary person undertaking an extraordinary struggle'
* Alone in her hospital ward, Sharmila still does yoga
* 'She is absolutely free to decide whether she should marry anyone'
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