Movement Leaders from Harinder Kaur Bindu to Bibi Amtus Salam At the protests the menfolk cook, clean and sweep as well
One defining feature of the ongoing farmers’ movement is hard to miss: the sea of yellow chunnis worn by Punjabi women. How come this predominantly male movement has earned such participation of women?
Interestingly two young girl singers have reframed the popular song ‘Mera rang de basanti chola’ to ‘Merian rang de basanti chunnian, maye rang de basanti chunnian…’
The participation of women in social-cultural movements is not new to India. In ancient times Gargi and Maitreyi challenged Brahmanical philosophic postulates intellectually and were threatened with beheading. In medieval times there were powerful women like Noorjahan, and Razia Sultana, who proved to be a wiser queen than many kings.