{"id":16438,"date":"2011-09-05T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=23181"},"modified":"2011-09-05T20:49:02","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T00:49:02","slug":"devil%e2%80%99s-advocate-deranged-man-and-protestors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/09\/05\/devil%e2%80%99s-advocate-deranged-man-and-protestors\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil\u2019s Advocate: Deranged Man and Protestors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_product='wpp-252';var addthis_options=\"Google+1\"<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=kanglaonline\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amidst the sultry tropical weather, a group of protestors repeatedly shout, \u201cSave Sharmila!!!!<\/p>\n<p>One of the protestors passes on the leaflet that they have been distributing to people to a deranged man who happens to pass by. Shaken by what is written on the leaflet, the deranged man seeks to strike a conversation with the protestors. Initially, seeing the odd looks of the man, some of them laugh at him and teasingly calls out one guy, who happens to be one of the leaders of those protestors, to entertain the deranged man. He, along with a few, decides to take a break from the protracted protest, and have a conversation with the deranged man. As such, they need some rest as they have been shouting for a while and it will be some time before those who have gone in a police vehicle to summit a memorandum to the PM or his office, something that they have never failed to do so each time they organized such a protest during the last decade, return to the protest site.<\/p>\n<p>As they sit down, one of them asks the deranged man, \u201cSo, what do you want to know\u201d?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Deranged Man<\/strong><\/span> (Henceforth, <strong>DM<\/strong>): Why are you supporting Sharmila?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Leader of the protestors<\/span><\/strong> (Henceforth, <strong>LP<\/strong>):\u00a0 Because Iche Sharmila has been on a fast!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> Oh, you support her because she\u2019s been fasting?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpus wpus_box wpus_box_ wpus_box_green wpus_\"><em class=\"wpus_quote\"><\/em> Yes, yes! Some of the protestors answer almost in unison!<\/div>\n<p>The leader continues in all seriousness,\u00a0 &#8220;Yes, Iche Sharmila has been fasting for the last 11 years!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> Oh I see! So you are supporting her because she is on a fast?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LP:<\/span> <\/strong>Yes<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">DM:<\/span><\/strong> Why don\u2019t you ask her to eat; In fact, still better, since you seem to love her so much, why don\u2019t you offer her food, instead of protesting like this?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP: <\/strong><\/span>You mad!? She\u2019s on fast for 11 years!!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> That\u2019s what\u2026you shouldn\u2019t have allowed her to go hungry for so long?<\/p>\n<p>The deranged man continues, scratching his head as he glances at the leaflet and looks at those protestors.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP:<\/strong><\/span> She has been forced-fed all these years\u2026 She won\u2019t eat!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM: <\/strong><\/span>Too bad!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP: <\/strong><\/span>What!!!!?<\/p>\n<p>Taken by surprise, the leader retorts back; the deranged man continues again.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM: <\/strong><\/span> You people love her so much and protesting all these while in this weather and she refuses to eat! I don\u2019t understand. Doesn\u2019t she love you? If she loves you, I think she will start eating food!<\/p>\n<p>The deranged man continues.<\/p>\n<p>Hearing his remark, the protestors look at each other and some of them become visibly perturbed by the remark. One of them says in Meteilon (a dominant language which consists of a group of Manipuri dialects spoken by people in the valley of Manipur as their mother-tongue\u2026like the Mandarin amongst the Chinese), \u201cMasi angaobashi\u2026mathong maram khangdaba\u2026kaothatlu\u2026fujillaga fadouni\u2026mee ushittaba\u2026makok yaodaba\u201d (this mad man has no sense, kick him, it\u2019s better to beat him up\u2026brainless fellow)!<\/p>\n<p>The leader looks at them and says, \u201cNgaikho\u2026 tapthakho\u2026angaobaga maanaraga kei kandoino\u201d (Wait\u2026what you will get if we do that with a mad man\u201d)!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM: <\/strong><\/span>You angry?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP: <\/strong><\/span> Of course not<\/p>\n<p>Being a seasoned leader, with a touch of diplomacy, he smiles as he answers. Then, he looks at his followers with another smile.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> So, does she love you people?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP: <\/strong><\/span>Yes, she loves us, why would she fast if she does not love us, the people of Manipur!?<\/p>\n<p>DM: That\u2019s all the more reason for her to call off the fast so that you don\u2019t protest like this in such weather!<\/p>\n<p>One among the protestors menacingly walks towards the deranged man and says, \u201cShut up!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">LP:<\/span><\/strong> Wait!<\/p>\n<p>The leader stops the guy and then looks at the deranged man and continues,<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpus wpus_box wpus_box_small wpus_box_ wpus_right\"><em class=\"wpus_quote\"><\/em>See, she won\u2019t eat until the Armed Forces Special Power Act is repealed by the Govt. Of India<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> Oh, then you should be fighting against that Act, rather than SUPPORTING HER BECAUSE SHE IS ON FAST!<\/p>\n<p>The leader thinks for a while and answers, \u201cThat\u2019s what we are doing\u201d!<\/p>\n<p>DM: But you said, you people are SUPPORTING SHARMILA BECAUSE SHE IS ON A FAST! Didn\u2019t you say that?<\/p>\n<p>The leader looks at the deranged man and his followers. Then he continues.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP:<\/strong><\/span> Yeah\u2026err&#8230;but it\u2019s the same thing!<br \/> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> No! How can it be?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>LP:<\/strong><\/span> What do you mean?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> If she decides to call off the fast or something happens to her, what will you do?<\/p>\n<p>The leader shots back, \u201cThen, you will see a civil war if anything happens to her! Government of India will be solely responsible \u2026God forbid, if something bad happens to her!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>DM:<\/strong><\/span> And Armed Forces Special Powers Act?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpus wpus_box wpus_box_ wpus_box_red wpus_\"><em class=\"wpus_\"><\/em> The leader and protestors look at each others.<\/div>\n<p><strong>TO BE CONTINUED\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=568231cd-b3e0-4c04-842f-0499d57898f9\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/09\/devil%E2%80%99s-advocate-deranged-man-and-protestors\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/09\/devil%E2%80%99s-advocate-deranged-man-and-protestors\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst the sultry tropical weather, a group of protestors repeatedly shout, \u201cSave Sharmila!!!! 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