-Newsclick.in Private capital in agriculture is a death warrant for Farmers, but the PM is trapped. He can either have a ‘firm leader’ image or avert this tragedy. What was intended to be a two-day protest on 26-27 November 2020 in Delhi has turned into a month-long protest on its borders. As it is turning into a nationwide protest with mass mobilisation, not only of Farmers but of different classes of people,...
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Don’t ignore the women Farmers -Thamizhachi Thangapandian
-The Hindu The gender gap in the agriculture sector will only widen more with the current farm laws Eminent agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan once said, “Some historians believe that it was women who first domesticated crop plants and thereby initiated the art and science of farming. While men went out hunting in search of food, women started gathering seeds from the native flora and began cultivating those of interest from the point...
More »Prison of Poverty: Agri Workers’ Wages Have Barely Increased in Modi Years -Subodh Varma
-Newsclick.in No scheme touches them, no law reaches them – but they hope that a better deal for Farmers will benefit them. At the Ghazipur border between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, Manish and a few of his friends have joined the Farmers’ dharna only a few days back. They live in Baghpat district, barely a few dozen kilometres from the protest site but it could be another continent, or another age. “In the...
More »Agri Laws: Uttarakhand Farmers start free bus service to Delhi protest site -Vineet Upadhyay
-The New Indian Express More than 20,000 Farmers from the district have joined others in Delhi at the protest site. DEHRADUN: Farmers from Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand have started a free bus service to ferry Farmers to Delhi where their counterparts have been protesting against the newly passed agri laws. The service which started on Saturday will be available twice a week on Monday and Thursday. "The expenses will be borne by...
More »Women Rise in Anger at Farm Law Protests Breaking Patriarchy and Stereotypes -Vivek Gupta
-Newsclick.in One of the fascinating fallouts of the protests by Farmers at the border of Delhi has been the emergence of women in the forefront taking charge. Women have also been active in protests against the farm bills in Punjab. If young women were the star attraction during last year’s anti-CAA protests, it is the women from Punjab villages who caught the nation’s attention by their overwhelming presence at the historic farm...
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