Imphal: The world’s longest hunger strike has come to an end. The activist, Irom Sharmila, who didn’t eat for 16 years in protest against alleged army atrocities, licked honey from her palm on Tuesday and broke her fast.
She said, “I am not a goddess. I want to be Chief Minister of Manipur.”
She added, “This is my life. I want equality.”
The 44-year-old activist also stated that she wants to marry as she has exchanged letters with Desmond Coutinho, who is a Goa-based British citizen. When asked if she was a woman in love, she replied, “It is natural.”
“I am being seen as a strange woman. Why can’t people see me as an ordinary person? I am cut off from everyone,” she said.
