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March 16, 2013 The Other Half AP Sharmila's story is extraordinary and bears retelling...When Irom Sharmila, that frail woman from Manipur, with a feeding tube taped to her nose, was asked to travel to Delhi earlier this month, it was news. Her name
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A Manipuri would recognise her as a Meira Paibi, the fearless women torch bearers of Manipuri myth. To most of her audience in mainland India, she is just an actor about to begin a play, Le Mashale. Let us go on a trip to a faraway land, to Manipur,
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Sharmila (38) will launch a padayatra from the YSR family estate at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district on October 18. Christened Praja Prasthanam, she will walk through the entire state covering more than 2,200 km. A similar padayatra was undertaken by
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Unidentified villagers pour petrol, light victims pyre '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' The shocking incident of self-immolation by 16-year-old Sharmila after being gangraped by neighbours on Saturday has brought to fore alleged
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It took him four years to make a film that lasts only 17 minutes. But the effort was worth it for Borun Thokchom, a journalist and budding filmmaker from Manipur, who won the National Award for best debut director for his documentary, The Silent Poet
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Sharmilas story has been given very little importance in the recent past, yet there are groups that continue to try to bring her story to light. One of these is the Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, which has, in the last few months, visited a
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Non governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil bodies will express their solidarity with Irom Sharmila by holding one day hunger strike throughout the nation on November 5. The nationwide demonstration was planned as part of the two-month long
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