Irom Sharmila, the feisty activist of Manipur, is busy with campaigning these days and aiding her in the venture is good old bicycle. The 44-year-old has ditched the usual car entourages that leaders in most states campaign in and taken to pedaling her way to reach out to people in Thoubal - the home turf of state Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. Thoubal, 45 kilometres away from Manipur's capital Imphal, is one of the nine districts of the north Indian state voting for assembly elections on March 4 and March 8.
