Why don’t you cover Irom Sharmila’s decade old fast with the same intensity as you did Anna Hazare’s 13 day fast?” asked Binalakshmi Nepram, the founder of the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network with characteristic passion. On stage in a live programme, there was no escape. “Perhaps, its because Ramlila Maidan is closer to television studios than Imphal,” was my feeble response.
