Following the Farmers Protest, and Watching the Mood Change on Republic Day
Matters would not have come to this had the government been sincere about addressing farmers concerns.
Jagdish and Ram Bira, both in their 70s, pulling on their hookah at the Tikri border. Photo: Charu Soni
Rights28/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Jagdish and Bira Ram, both in their 70s, had been sitting on a peaceful protest for more than month and a half when I met them at the Tikri protest site. Sitting on a red, patterned blanket with a small hookah that they passed between themselves on the edge of their trolley, they were both determined and anxious.
13 December 2020
Farmers protest at the Singhu border against three recently enacted farm laws. Teachers, professors, corporate professionals and ordinary people across society are joining the protests. Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times
Farmers protest at the Singhu border against three recently enacted farm laws. Teachers, professors, corporate professionals and ordinary people across society are joining the protests. Sanchit Khanna / Hindustan Times
On 8 December, Suman Malik, a retired engineer, was at the Singhu border between Haryana and Delhi in support of the ongoing farmersâ protest. He is in his seventies with acute breathing issues. Since the imposition of the COVID-19 induced lockdown, he had kept himself confined at home. But after the farmersâ agitation began, he felt compelled to join the protest. Malik drove about thirty-five kilometres from southwest Delhi to the Singhu border. I asked Malik why he risked his health. âI was hu