Irom Sharmila- way to go
16 years , not one or two but 16 years!! Irom Sharmila, the Iron woman of Manipur fasted.She fasted for a cause. Amidst all the chaos, love blossomed in her life. Thank god for this love.
Initially nobody thought that she would ever continue for such a long long time. Events and people, leaders and lesser mortals went by but she never gave up her fast. Just very occasionally she was mentioned in the media.
Irom sacrificed her youth, her time and energy for a cause.
Today she has ended her fast. Such a lovely moment. It is a momentous decision. What is amazing ans shocking is that there are some elements in Manipur who do not want her to end the fast. After all was it not easy to play up on her fasting? Was it not easy to whip up the martyr sentiments?
How easy for others to say or demand that she continues the fast.
Such a preposterous thought. Such a selfish motive.
But then you may say politics indeed is a strange bedfellow!
Initially nobody thought that she would ever continue for such a long long time. Events and people, leaders and lesser mortals went by but she never gave up her fast. Just very occasionally she was mentioned in the media.
Irom sacrificed her youth, her time and energy for a cause.
Today she has ended her fast. Such a lovely moment. It is a momentous decision. What is amazing ans shocking is that there are some elements in Manipur who do not want her to end the fast. After all was it not easy to play up on her fasting? Was it not easy to whip up the martyr sentiments?
How easy for others to say or demand that she continues the fast.
Such a preposterous thought. Such a selfish motive.
But then you may say politics indeed is a strange bedfellow!
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