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‘I would rather die trying to get the laws reversed than die slowly everyday’
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December 21, 2020 01:42 IST
As thousands of farmers brave the cold at protests sites, their families are coping with new challenges back in the fields
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Farmers protesting against anti farm laws at GT Karnal Road Delhi Haryana Singhu Border on Sunday, December 20, 2020.
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SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
As thousands of farmers brave the cold at protests sites, their families are coping with new challenges back in the fields
On Wednesday afternoon, Vikram Singh, who was among the first batches of farmers to make their way to the Capital’s borders seeking to march to the Ramlila Maidan against the recent farm laws, was back at his village, Chiri. After travelling to and from the frontlines of the protest to provide whatever assistance he could for three weeks, he was at a meeting organising resources, both men and material, for “our people” at th