ABSTRACT
This interview has been conducted in two parts. The first part was conducted in Imphal, Manipur on September 2, 2016, just three weeks after Sharmila had broken her fast (August 9, 2016) and a day before she embarked on her campaign in the Manipur Assembly elections to launch her party, Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRJA). In March 2017 she lost the elections, quit politics, and moved to Tamil Nadu, and in August of the same year, she married her partner of many years. The second part of the interview was conducted on January 7, 2018 when Sharmila visited Kolkata, West Bengal.
