'Irom Sharmila content reading Hueiyen Lanpao'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, September 15 2011:
Recently, Sharmila who is on fast for the 11th year running now demanding the repeal of AFSPA told Tripti Nath, a journalist of the Women's Feature Service that she is content reading a Manipuri newspapers, the 'Hueiyen Lanpao'.
She is not interested in television.
She does yoga for about four hours every day because it helps to balance her mind and body.
For the rest of the time she reads books.
During her interaction with Tripti Nath, when asked if she has a message for UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the iron lady of Manipur replies, "I just want to tell Sonia Gandhi not to see us as step children.
I want to remind her that she is also a woman and should try to understand the mind of a conscientious woman" .
Sharmila has reason to say this.
Human rights activists point out that when Gandhi visited Manipur in 2010, neither she nor the Manipur Chief Minister met her, reports Tripti Nath.