active and contemplative

Things have been keeping me from putting up this entry, but I really must, because it's already the first of the month in Australia, where my new LJ friend heliopausa is starting her fast. I'll join her when it becomes April first here.

We're fasting for a day in support of Irom Sharmila and her plea to the government of India to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

I told someone close to me about Sharmila, how she'd been fasting for over a decade. The person I told was perplexe...