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Resistance in the face of repression: India’s striking farmers share their stories December 16, 2020 10:27 AM CDT By Pavan Kulkarni
Protesting farmers face police attacks while attempting to move towards Delhi, at the border between Delhi and Haryana state. The farmers have faced tear gas and baton charges from police during their march to the capital against new farming laws that give more power to corporations and reduce their earnings. | Altaf Qadri / AP
DELHI Across the rows of concrete barricades at the Tikri border blocking the entrance into New Delhi from the neighboring state of Haryana, a stretch of more than ten kilometers of Rohtak Road remains occupied by caravans of tens of thousands of farmers. They have journeyed hundreds of kilometers from d