Theatre stalwarts Shanta Gokhale and Mahesh Dattani come together to bring to life the story of Irom Sharmila - the political activist and the person - on stage
20 December,2018 11:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Snigdha Hasan
What does that feel like? In a bilingual play that premieres in the city tonight, theatre activist Ojas SV plays Manipur's Iron Lady, Irom Sharmila, who hasn't eaten a grain since 2000 in protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958
02 February,2011 10:54 AM IST | Priyanjali GhosePune students to kick off signature campaign in colleges, hold seminars and candlelight marches to build support for Manipur Iron Lady's 11-year campaign for repeal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
03 October,2011 07:10 AM IST | Adnan AttarwalaManipur human rights activist Irom Sharmila has found a place on the pages of Ripley's Believe it or Not. Ripley's put up Sharmila's sketch, along with a brief note on her struggle, on its website on April 13 this year.
10 May,2012 05:47 PM IST | PTIIrom Sharmila, who is demanding the repeal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, completes 12 years of her fast today.
05 November,2012 11:12 AM IST | Agencies'Iron lady' refuses to plead guilty, says she loves life and will eat if AFSPA is repealed by the government
04 March,2013 05:44 PM IST | PTI
Irom Sharmila, who has been on hunger strike to press for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, was rearrested on Wednesday, two days after a court found her not guilty of the charge of attempt to commit suicide
02 March,2016 02:50 PM IST | PTI
Manipuri rights activist Irom Sharmila Chanu, who was acquitted by a court of the charge of attempt to suicide, resumed her 15-year-long indefinite fast at the histroic Sahid Minar in Imphal on Tuesday
01 March,2016 02:33 PM IST | PTI
As the world's longest hunger striker Irom Chanu Sharmila celebrates her 47th birthday today, here are some facts which you may not know about the 'Iron Lady of Manipur'
14 March,2019 10:07 AM IST | mid-day online correspondent
The 2016 Irom Sharmila Scholarship was jointly awarded to Rohit Vemula (posthumously) of the Ambedkar Studies Association, Hyderabad Central University and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union today
15 March,2016 09:17 AM IST | PTIADVERTISEMENT
