{"id":15199,"date":"2011-08-22T21:17:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=22584"},"modified":"2011-08-22T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T01:17:41","slug":"time-to-look-within-and-have-some-shame-and-self-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2011\/08\/22\/time-to-look-within-and-have-some-shame-and-self-respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to look within and have some shame and self-respect"},"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>By:  A. Bimol Akoijam<\/p>\n<p>To all those denizens of Manipur who are offended or hurt by the  manner in which the \u201cmainstream\u201d, the \u201cnational media\u201d and \u201cpoliticians\u201d  at the \u201cCentre\u201d have \u201cneglected\u201d or \u201cmarginalized\u201d Sharmila\u2019s fast\u2026<\/p>\n<p>BUT IS THE ISSUE FOR WHICH SHARMILA IS ON FAST A TANGIBLE POLITICAL ISSUE THAT DESERVES THEIR ATTENTION?<\/p>\n<p>THINK  ABOUT THIS: Only a few years back, one of your brothers burnt himself  to death while some of your \u201cImas\u201d (mothers) had stripped in public and  yes, Sharmila has been on a fast for a decade now\u2026\u201dthe people\u201d in  traditional attires (such as pungou faneks, feijoms and colourful ethnic  dresses) and children in school uniforms formed human chains in protest  against AFSPA&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>BUT\u2026<\/p>\n<p>SOON AFTER THAT, \u201cTHE  PEOPLE\u201d VOTED BACK TO POWER A PARTY LED BY A MAN WHOM MANY SEEMINGLY  HATE AND IRONICALLY ENVY AT THE SAME TIME\u00a0&#8211; HAVEN\u2019T YOU HEARD HOW  PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THOSE RICH MEN\u2026CONTRACTORS, HANGER-ONS OF POLITICIANS  AND OFFICIALS IN POWER? &#8212; \u00a0OVERWHELMINGLY FOR NOT EVEN MENTIONING AFSPA  IN HIS PARTY\u2019S ELECTION MANIFESTOS!<\/p>\n<p>INDEED, IS THE ISSUE FOR WHICH SHARMILA IS ON FAST A TANGIBLE POLITICAL ISSUE FOR THE PEOPLE OF MANIPUR?<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH YES, ELECTIONS ARE ROUND THE CORNER<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I  AM SURE EVEN THE PIMPS AND PROSTITUTES KNOW WHAT AFFECTS THEIR SENSE OF  DIGNITY AND WILL FIGHT FOR THEIR SELF-RESPECT AND WELL-BEING, DESPITE  THE PREJUDICES AGAINST THEM\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I HOPE THOSE WHO DO NOT  BELIEVE IN \u201cTHEORY\u201d BUT KNOW THE\u00a0 \u201cGROUND REALITY\u201d\u00a0 AND ALWAYS DO \u00a0 \u201cACTIONS\u201d,\u00a0 A RESULT OF WHICH IS WHAT WE SEE AS MANIPUR AS IT STANDS  TODAY ALSO KNOW THE SAME!<\/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=b97640f5-d7a8-43d2-9769-e602a8ad5d43\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/08\/time-to-look-within-and-have-some-shame-and-self-respect\/\">http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/08\/time-to-look-within-and-have-some-shame-and-self-respect\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: A. Bimol Akoijam To all those denizens of Manipur who are offended or hurt by the manner in which the \u201cmainstream\u201d, the \u201cnational media\u201d and \u201cpoliticians\u201d at the \u201cCentre\u201d&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/2011\/08\/time-to-look-within-and-have-some-shame-and-self-respect\/\">Read more <span>&#187;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[763,764,48,640,33,257,330,765,34,639,108,127],"class_list":["post-15199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanglaonline","category-news","tag-angomcha-bimol-akoijam","tag-anna-hazare","tag-asia","tag-bimol-akoijam","tag-india","tag-irom-chanu-sharmila","tag-kanglaonline-2","tag-line-of-control","tag-manipur","tag-notes-from-bimol-akoijam","tag-politics","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}