Two fasts, two responses THE 72-year-old Gandhian Anna Hazare fasted for barely four days demanding that an anti-corruption law be introduced and he touched a raw nerve throughout the country. Voices of solidarity literally flooded in like a tidal wave from every part of the subcontinent, although he, too, had to face some serious controversies, especially on the question of his reluctance to take on the chief minister of his state, Narendra Modi.
By contrast, another hunger-striker, Irom Sharmila, who has been on a fast for more than 10 years now to demand repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, has not attracted even a small fraction of the same attention in India. http://thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=367212&catid=52 _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
