Indian farmers’ movement
Thursday 1 April 2021, by Parth M.N
Farmers from Uttarakhand and northwest UP – several of whom have taken part in the farm protests – say that the state-run
mandis (markets), though flawed, are essential for their survival.
“No parent should experience the trauma of losing a child,” says Sirvikramjeet Singh Hundal, father of Navreet Singh, who died on January 26, during the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi.
At their home in Uttar Pradesh’s Dibdiba village, Navreet’s portrait rests against a wall of the room where Sirvikramjeet, 45, and his wife, Paramjeet Kaur, 42, have been receiving visitors coming to offer their condolences. Their son’s death has left an irrevocable void in the parents’ lives. “He helped me in the farm. He cared for us. He was a responsible child,” says Sirvikramjeet.