Why People in Himachal and Uttarakhand Need to Know More on the Farm Laws and Protests
Measures like MSPs are key to the survival of the mountain populace at present. However, mainstream media and remoteness has made it impossible for people in the hills to mobilise over this.
Climate crisis threatens apple production â anti hail nets in apple orchards at Shimla Photo: Anupam Chakravarty
Rights04/Feb/2021
Shimla: “When someone is in pain,” Harpreet Singh panted as he was whisked away by the Shimla police just a week before the famers’ parade on Republic day, “they go to their own people for support.”
By Zinara Rathnayake 11 January 2021
My research had told me that Reiek Peak in Mizoram, India’s north-eastern state, overlooks the surrounding hills and plains of Bangladesh. But last October, when I finally reached the summit after an hour’s hike through a moss-green jungle, mist blanketed the view and I saw nothing but thick whiteness. I’m so sorry, the weather is so bad today, my driver said, sensing my disappointment.
We then voyaged deeper into Mizoram’s lush, green countryside. Every time our car bumped over a pothole, my driver apologised for the bad roads. Along the narrow hairpin lanes, all the vehicles gave way to one another. Drivers acknowledged the courtesy, saying