-Livemint.com * Unlikely alliances brought the disquiet to Delhi’s doorstep. Here’s the definitive behind-the-scenes account * Many of the farmer leaders who are out on the streets have not seen eye-to-eye for years, if not decades. Yet, decisions are being taken jointly, brushing aside years of acrimony Enough is enough. How long will we sit like this? Let us break the barricades and move toward Delhi. If some lives have to be sacrificed,...
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A new harvest -Shiv Visvanathan
-The Telegraph Agriculture has a moral economy that the media lack The farmers strike of 2020 as an event was a collage of multiple narratives. It tempted one to compare it to the story of the seven blind men and the elephant. As reportage, it lacked the solidity of traditional narratives. It was as if every reporter and news broadcaster, every witness, had a different reaction to the events of the week....
More »Caught between debt and landlessness, Punjab’s protesting women assert fight for rights -Sangeet Toor
-CaravanMagazine.in The sky had been overcast all day in Gharachon village, in Punjab’s Sangrur district. It was cold and by evening, it started to rain. None of that deterred Gurmail Kaur, as she prepared for the “Chalo Dilli” rally for the next day—an “onwards to Delhi” march called by farmers’ organisations of Punjab, to protest the three farm laws recently enacted by the Narendra Modi government. The plan was to reach...
More »Farmer In Viral Image Says Hit Multiple Times By Cops -Saurabh Shukla
-NDTV.com Farmers' protest: The BJP's social media chief Amit Malviya's fact-checking tweet discrediting Rahul Gandhi was called out by Twitter as "manipulated media", a first in India New Delhi: The image of an elderly man running as a policeman came at him with a stick during farmer protests went viral after it was tweeted by several Congress leaders and the BJP questioned whether he was really beaten. The BJP's social media chief Amit...
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-The Hindu Business Line Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have turned the Singhu border into a makeshift and vibrant village. The elderly peasants in kurta pyjamas and young men in track pants and sneakers who have gathered there are looking not for largesse — but just a fair deal * The laws seek to remove the guarantee of a minimum support price (MSP) and deregulate crop pricing, which, the farmers hold, will...
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