Irom Sharmila ENDS her 16 year FAST in just a few hours - The Gandhi-King Community2024-03-29T11:14:53Zhttps://gandhiking.ning.com/forum/topics/irom-sharmila-ends-her-16-year-fast-in-just-a-few-hours?commentId=2043530%3AComment%3A83826&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUPDATE:
Manipur's violence a…tag:gandhiking.ning.com,2016-08-10:2043530:Comment:838262016-08-10T14:00:17.801ZAunty Kamalahttps://gandhiking.ning.com/profile/AuntyKamala
<p>UPDATE: </p>
<p>Manipur's violence and corruption problems are not confined to AFSPA, although, being from the State, and state as protective power for the people, was the reason that Sharmila could address its corruption through her long Fast. The long decades of corruption have infiltrated many aspects of social life, local outlooks and even groups meant to support her have reacted against her. Sharmila found no place to stay on her first night out of the jail hospital. She was turned away…</p>
<p>UPDATE: </p>
<p>Manipur's violence and corruption problems are not confined to AFSPA, although, being from the State, and state as protective power for the people, was the reason that Sharmila could address its corruption through her long Fast. The long decades of corruption have infiltrated many aspects of social life, local outlooks and even groups meant to support her have reacted against her. Sharmila found no place to stay on her first night out of the jail hospital. She was turned away from family and supporters. There is suspicion that threats from groups that want her to continue the fast, and disapprove of her boyfriend, may have a part in the fear people have to accommodate her. She is considering a move to wider India, perhaps to an ashram somewhere.</p>
<p>Sharmila is now back in the jail hospital room where she has spent the last 16 years, being slowly introduced to digesting normal food under the supervision of a doctor. The courts have not yet unconditionally dropped charges against her, she has a hearing on August 23, 2016.</p>
<p>There is nothing in the news that I could find about her fiancee, nothing about his practical support for her now that she has broken her monumental fast. </p>