Irom sharmila biography of christopher

It's Irom Sharmila's 45th birthday. And it's the first time in 16 years that she's not beneath arrest and fasting in protest against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts (AFSPA). Days after she lost in her maiden election, what lies ahead for the human-rights activist? She has already announced that she was quitting political life, but will continue fighting against AFSPA as a social activist.

But what about her anställda life?

In the run-up to the elections earlier this year, HuffPost India had asked Sharmila about her plans after elections. Below are edited excerpts.

The room was almost bare, with kvartet tables joined together at one end. A few scattered chairs, a couple of computers and a printer were the only remnants of what used to be an advertising office in Imphal. This is where Irom Sharmila had consented to be interviewed. "She doesn't like giving interviews," one of her aides, a thirty-something man who had set the interview up, told me. "She fee

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As Irom Sharmila turns 48, we look at her journey where she fasted for 16 years

Irom Chanu Sharmila is a civil rights activist, political activist, and poet from Manipur who is known for her hunger strike for more than 16 years.

Irom grew up in Manipur and has suffered from insurgency and intra-tribal warfare, including terrorism and government-sponsored violence, for decades.

She began her fast in 2000 in protest against 'Malon Massacre'. It so happened that 10 civilians were shot dead while waiting at a bus stop in Malom, a town in the Imphal Valley of Manipur. It was allegedly committed by the Assam Rifles, one of the Indian Paramilitary forces operating in the state.

Her primary demand to the Indian government was to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). She also vowed to not eat, drink, comb her hair or look in a mirror until AFSPA was repealed.

The Act allows an officer of the armed forces powers to arrest without warrant anyone or e

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Manipur's Iron Lady Irom Sharmila ends 16-year-long hunger strike

NEW DELHI: World's longest hunger strike ended on Tuesday when an emotional Irom Chanu Sharmilaended her 16-year-long fast. "I will never forget this moment," Sharmila told media reporters after breaking her fast with honey.
Manipur's 'Iron Lady' Irom Chanu Sharmila was on a hunger strikefor 5757 days and was being force-fed through a nasal tube to keep her alive at a prison-turned-hospital in Imphal.
She had earlier announced that she would break her fast and join politics as she wants Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to be repealed through political means. Addressing the media on Tuesday, shortly after ending her fast, Sharmila said, "I want to join politics as I've been called the Iron lady of Manipur and I want to live up to that name. I want to be the chief minister of Manipur and I want my people to believe in me."
She also said that from now on, she will be