From Dentist to Activist: Meet a Tenacious Woman Protesting at Tikri Border
For the last three months, Navkiran Natt had been running a makeshift library for the protesting farmers and editing the movement s very own newspaper, the now-famous Trolley Times.
Navkiran at Singhu border. Photo: Kisan Morcha
Women12/Mar/2021
How does a dentist working in one of the most expensive private hospitals in Chandigarh go on to become an ‘
andolanjeevi‘ (professional activist) living in a tent in the middle of a highway on the outskirts of Delhi?
Navkiran Nattâs story is a fascinating one. I met the 29-year-old by chance at a massive gathering of women at the Tikri Border on March 8, International Womenâs Day. While trying to find the best angle to photograph the huge crowd, I noticed her taking photos of individuals in the audience. I asked her if she was a journalist.
Tomar was addressing 5th national convention of Agrivision
He blamed the opposition for playing politics on the issue
New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday (March 6) said the government is ready to amend three new farm laws to respect the sentiments of protesting farmers, even as he attacked opposition parties for doing politics on this issue at the cost of agriculture economy and by hurting farmers interest.
Addressing the 5th national convention of Agrivision here, the Union minister said the government has held 11 rounds of talks with farmer unions and has even offered to amend these laws.
Thousands of farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting at Delhi borders for over three months, seeking a repeal of these three legislations and a legal guarantee of the minimum support price (MSP).
TIME magazine’s cover features women leading India’s farmer protests
Some protestors told ‘Time’ that their numbers increased after the chief justice of India said that elderly people and women should return home. Updated Mar 05, 2021 · 09:40 pm The cover of the magazine s March edition. | Twitter/TIME
Women farmers protesting against the Centre’s three agricultural laws at Delhi’s borders for over three months have featured on the international cover of
Time magazine’s March edition. The magazine tweeted the cover story on Friday, a day before the protest enters its 100th day.
“This law will kill us, will destroy what little we have,” Amandeep Kaur, a farmer from Talwandi in Punjab, told the magazine. Punjab Kisan Union member Jasbir Kaur Nat, who is mobilising farmers at the Tikri protest site, said women are often not seen as farmers. “Their labor is immense but invisible. Women are changing women here. They are claiming t
Sikhs Attacked in Sydney Amid Tension Over Farm Laws: Report
In Sydney s Harris Park on Sunday night, a group of unidentified men pulled out hammers, baseball bats and wooden sticks, stopping a car and attacking the vehicle.
Representative image of Sydney. Photo: Reuters
World05/Mar/2021
Melbourne: A group of Indian Sikhs said that they were attacked with baseball bats and hammers by some unidentified compatriots in Sydney amid growing tensions within the Indian community in Australia over farming laws in India, according to a media report.
In Sydney’s Harris Park on Sunday night, a group of unidentified men pulled out hammers, baseball bats and wooden sticks, stopping a car and attacking the vehicle as the terrified men inside tried to get away, the
The double standards in support to farmers stir
Triggering controversy×
Developed nations need to look at their own subsidies to farmers, policies on GM crop and pesticide exports
The ongoing farmers’ protest has attracted a lot of global attention. So much so that the External Affairs Ministry even put out a rejoinder after some global celebrities tweeted in support of the protest. Some sections of the Indian diaspora, too, expressed their support which has attracted criticism back home.
Agriculture and food issues are increasingly connected in today’s world. How global food policies are shaped impacts Indian farmers and consumers. Consequently, to support Indian farmers, these countries must be questioned on their actions which directly have a detrimental impact on our farmers.