‘Iron Lady’ Irom Sharmila To Marry Beau In August

Chennai: Manipur's 'Iron Lady' and activist-turned-politician Irom Sharmila(45) will soon get married to her British partner and social activist Desmond Coutinhoon. She filed an application on Wednesday at the sub-registrar office in Kodaikanal along with her partner.

After a 16-year-long fast and worst defeat in the recent Manipur assembly elections, Irom decided to settle in Kodaikanal with her partner as she found her peace in the city. Speaking to the media, she said that her search for peace was ended and she wanted to lead a normal woman life. The place she has chosen was filled with peace and tranquil. Revealing her marriage dates, Irom said the wedding will be scheduled on August 11or 12 in a Church at Tirunavmmalai city in Tamil Nadu.

The one month time for the wedding was given by the sub-registrar Rajesh to put up any objections for the marriage from the public. "The marriage notice of Irom will be put up at the office, if there is no objection from anyone in a 30 days period, the couple can go ahead for marriage," he added.

Desmond got in touch with Sharmila in 2009 after reading about her struggle in Deepti Mehrotra’s book Burning Bright. They met in Imphal in February 2011.