Burning bright : Irom Sharmila and the struggle for peace in Manipur (Record no. 61155)
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ISBN | 9780143103691 |
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 327.172092 |
Item number | DEE/b |
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Personal name | Deepti Priya Mehrotra |
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Title | Burning bright : Irom Sharmila and the struggle for peace in Manipur |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | New Delhi |
Name of publisher | Penguin |
Year of publication | 2009 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | 219p., [8] p. of plates : |
Other physical details | ill. (chiefly col.) ; |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | Irom Sharmila has been on a fast unto death for eight years, demanding a repeal of the draconian Armed Forces Special Powers Act in Manipur. Ten innocent people were mowed down by security forces in Malom, a village near Imphal, in November 2000. The perpetrators were not punished, protected under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act which empowers military and para-military personnel to arrest, shoot, even kill, anyone on the grounds of mere suspicion. In response to this tragedy—one among many such atrocities—Irom Sharmila, a young Manipuri, began an indefinite hunger strike. The government arrested her and force-fed her through nasal tubes. She has been released and re-arrested innumerable times since then, but has stood by her demand, steadfastly refusing to eat until the Act is repealed. Burning Bright is a hard-hitting account of a people caught between the crossfire of militants and security forces; of a once- sovereign kingdom whose culture has been brutally violated; of the many voices of dissent— from underground groups to the Meira Paibis, a women’s movement opposed to all forms of violence whether by the state or insurgents and a moving portrait of ‘the Iron Lady of Manipur’. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Pacifists |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Human rights workers |
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Topical Term | Peace-building |
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Topical Term | Abuse of administrative power |
-- | India--Manipur |
-- | Human rights workers |
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Koha item type | BK |
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control field | 15917790 |
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LC control number | 2009310316 |
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Home library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 28/04/2021 | 275.00 | 327.172092 DEE/B | 52729 | BK |