Posts Tagged ‘Mirel Masingkha’

Mime play on Irom Sharmila draws crowd in S Korea

A mime play portraying ‘Iron Lady’ Irom Chanu Sharmila’s 11-year-long hunger strike demanding repeal of the ‘draconian’ Armed Forces Special Powers Act has drawn applause at an international theatre festival in South Korea. The one-hour stage drama ‘Mirel Masingkha’ or ‘The will of soul’, based on Sharmila’s lone struggle, was showcased at the Chuncheon Festival [...]