The paper tries to study certain pertinent issues related to North-East India. Based on secondary sources of study, the paper focuses on Irom Sharmila Chanu-the “Iron Lady of Manipur”. Barring recent interest shown by some Multi-national Energy Corporations, and some narrow political interest, until recently the region was secluded from mainstream Indian population and business. The reasons are unknown and varied. Who should be blamed-the Central Government? The geographical location? Political reasons? Or is it something more or someone else? The North Eastern states have always remained a part of the Indian Territory but remained isolated and recluse. With its many tribes and sects it is difficult to make a general appraisal, especially in recent times when the internal strife have come to the fore in the form of separatist movements-most of them of an armed nature. There is a general alienation rooted in its geography and history.
AFSPA, Manipur, Irom, Iron Lady, Indefinite hunger strike
