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Our Sister of Nation Irom Sharmila
Awesh Tiwari *
Kya aap Irom Sharmila ko jante ho?
Wo duniya ke sabse bari Democratic Rastra mein pisle 11 shaloon se Hunger Strike per bethe hein, uske naag me jabran rubber ka pipe dalkar use khana khilaya jaata hein, use jab nahi tab girabtar karke jail bhej diya jaata hein, wo jab jail se shootti hein toh shide Dilli Rajghat Gandhiji ki Samadhi par pahunj jaati hein aur waha phafak kar ro parti hein, kehte hein ki wo Gandhi ka punjamna hein, ushne 7 shaal se aapni Maa ka chehra nahi dekha, ushke ghar ka naam Chanu hein jo meri choti bahen ka bhi hein aur yadi ikphak hein ki dono ke chehra milti hein. Kahi para tha ki agar aak kamare mein lash pari ho to aap bagal wale kamare mein chup keise beth shakte hein?
Sharmila bhi chup keise rehti?
November 2, 2000 ko Gurwar ki ush evening mein saab badal gaya, jaab agaewadiyon dawara aak visfet kiya jane ki pratikriya mein Assam Rifles ke jawanwon ne 10 nirdosh nagarikon ko behrami se goli mar di, jin logon ko goli mari gayi woh agli din ek shanty rally nikalne ki tyari mein lage the.
Bharat ka Switzerland kahe jane wali Manipur mein manwon aur manwadhikaron ki shashtra balon dwara sareaam ki ja rahi hatya ko sharmila bardasht nahin kar payi, wohthiyar utha sakti thi, magar usne satyagraha karne ka nischya kar liya, aise satyagraha jiska sahas azad bharat mein kisi Hindustani ne nahi kiya tha.
Sharmila us barbar kanoon ke khilaf khari ho gayi jiski andh mein sena ko bina warrant ken a sirf kisi ko ki giraftari ka balki goli marne ka bhi aadhikar mil jata hain, POTA se bhi kathir is kanoon mein sena ko kisi ke ghar mein bina ijajat gush kar talashi karne ke aadhikar mil jate hain, yeh kanoon ho jiski andh mein sena ke jawan na sirf desh k ek rajya mein khulle aam balatkar kar rahe hain balki hatyar bhi kar rahe hain.
Sharmila ka kahana hain ki jab tak bharat sarkar AFSPA 1958 ko nahi hata le ti, tab tak meri bhukh-hartal jari rahegi. Aaj sharmila ka ekal satyagraha sampoorn bishwa mein manwadhikaron ki raksha ke liye kiye ja rahe andolanon ki aguwai kar raha hain. Agar aap sharmila ko nahi jante hain toh iski wajai sirf yeh hain ki aaj bhi desh mehnan ke manch par uthne wali koi bhi aawaj satta ke galiyaron mein kuchal di jati hein, media pehle bhi tamasha bin tha aaj bhi hain.
Sharmila kawarpej ka hissa nahi ban shakti kyunki woh koi madal ya abhinetri nahi hain aur na hi Gandhi kanam do rahe kisi pariwar ki beti ya bahu he.
To read more in Hindi - please go at the following link:
a) Sharmila Hum Beshram he
b) Meri dost Irom
c) Mujhe Andheroon ki roshni Banne do
* Awesh Tiwari contributed to e-pao.net regularly
The writer writes about Irom Sharmila at this website http://www.network6.in/ and can be contacted at awesh29(at)gmail(dot)com
This article was webcasted at e-pao.net on 02 June 2011.
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