Irom Sharmila rebadges her strike and many are left holding the baby! In the Oscar winning movie 'Forrest Gump' of Tom Hanks, in which he plays a simpleton who happens to do good, there is an interesting scene. The hero who was on a running 'campaign' spree through the United States of America has kicked up lot of public and media interest. It has grabbed lots of eyeballs and he is co-run by groups of people in different stretches. Differing interpretations are attributed to the run by the man who has managed to bring in a scholastic feel to the effort with the long beard which has grown on its own. But at one point, he just stops running for no reason. That is not true, actually he says he stopped because he was 'tired'. This jaw dropping act was embarrassing for the public and the media which were left wth their mouths and microphones open. Because, how can this be? (How)can someone deactivate a 'social movement' and walk off just like that? In a
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