NATIONWIDE SHARMILA SATYAGRAH ON THE DAY OF NAMAK SATYAGRAH 6th april
An Indian woman who has spent nearly 12 years fasting to protest against a law that gives special powers to the armed forces has been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not.
Irom Sharmila Chanu, 40, has been on a hunger strike since 2 November 2000 in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
She has been force-fed through a pipe in her nose since November 2000.
Source: BBC
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2012/05/india-irom-sharmila-from-manipur-fast-in-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-bbc/