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Frontman: Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal emerges from the waters with a clump of weeds and straws uprooted from under the Bein.
On a mellow chilly wintry day the tree-laden banks of the Kali Bein, in the midst of the pandemic, are exceptionally calm and tranquil. Laughter from a lone bunch of tourists and an occasional whirl of a bike engine are the only sounds making inroads into silence and interrupting sweet crooning of the birds. The Bein flows gleefully – its characteristic dark waters canopied by the shadows of the sky-embracing trees swaying on the banks look like an abstract painting, limned by nature’s lily hands.
State vs People
The over a month long agitation by the farmers of the nation against the three Agricultural Acts passed by the government in the midst of the raging Corona Pandemic, without consultations with the opposition or the farmer groups across the country shows no sign of petering out. It actually is becoming larger by the day, despite the government using all legitimate and at times illegitimate ploys it has in its substantial armoury.
When the agitation started a month back, my initial thought went to the age-old proverb: “
Jiski Lathi Uski Bhains” (literally he who has the stick gets to own the buffalo). As time has passed, I see the
Farmers’ protest day 17: ‘For each person who goes back home, 10 arrive’
Late Friday, a yellow college bus carrying around 70 farmers reached the border. Amarjeet Singh (50), a farmer and the bus driver, said it was a 10-hour journey from Amritsar, passing through Ludhiana, Karnal and Shahabad Updated: December 13, 2020 7:21:26 am
Farmers at the protest site near Singhu border in New Delhi.
At Singhu border on Saturday, a new truck or trolley kept arriving every few minutes hundreds of vehicles have been making their way from several Punjab districts, via different routes, so they are not stopped at state borders. By Sunday, over 1,500 vehicles are expected to make their way to the Delhi border.