Fragrance of Peace
Irom Sharmila
juill. 2013 · Zubaan
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A collection of Irom Sarmila's poems, translated into English from Meiteilon. Published on the tenth anniversary of Sarmila's hunger fast for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, a draconian law that allows the army unfettered powers in areas that are considered politically "sensitive" or "disturbed". For more than ten years now Irom Sharmila, a young woman from Manipur, has been on hunger strike, demanding the removal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, a draconian law that allows the army unfettered powers in areas that are considered politically “sensitive” or “disturbed”. Taken into custody and released every twelve months by the State for attempting suicide (considered illegal in India) Sharmila is being force fed to keep her alive. Her unique battle for peace in her strife torn homeland, has become a powerful symbol for all those engaged in fighting for peace in the northeast of India. As she fulfils her chosen role in this movement, Sharmila sometimes longs for all those things that young women treasure – love, freedom, the sheer joy of living a “free” life, even simple things like being able to drink water, to brush her teeth. This small compilation of twelve of her poems in her native language Meiteilon and in English translation, provides a moving account of the underbelly of one woman’s lone struggle for peace.
Published by Zubaan.
Published by Zubaan.
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Irom Sharmila is a civil rights and political activist, journalist and poet and has been on a political fast since 4 November 2000 demanding the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 from Manipur and other areas of India’s northeast.
The cover was illustrated by Chetan Gotimayum, an artist from Kakching, who did several drawings for the book, based on Sharmila’s poems. He died last year due to a rare complication of his HIV infection.
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