India, July 15 -- Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is the latest to show his support for activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on a hunger strike for 18 days and counting now. In a note on his Instagram Stories, he wrote that he lacks the courage to do what Wangchuk does, calling the activist a braveheart. In a separate note, Anurag also wrote about how he feels ashamed to stay quiet about it any longer.

On his Instagram Stories, Anurag posted a note about Wangchuk that read, "There was a time when hunger strike had some meaning. People don't go on hunger strike just like that. It's really troubling when the system becomes so indifferent to people's lives. Only a man as empathetic and a believer of truth and justice has the courage to do that. I...