Following the Farmers' Protest, and Watching the Mood Change on Republic Day
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Jagdish and Ram Bira, both in their 70s, pulling on their hookah at the Tikri border. Photo: Charu Soni
Rights28/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Jagdish and Bira Ram, both in their 70s, had been sitting on a peaceful protest for more than month and a half when I met them at the Tikri protest site. Sitting on a red, patterned blanket with a small hookah that they passed between themselves on the edge of their trolley, they were both determined and anxious.