Farmers mark seven months of protest against new agri laws; to submit memoranda to governors
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Punjab: What the Rift Between Farmers and Workers Over Wages Tells Us About Agrarian Distress
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Far Away From Media Attention, Rural Punjab Keeps Farmers Protest Alive
Despite the fact that the media and public have shifted their focus away from the farmers protest due to the COVID-19 crisis, protesters are still finding novel ways to keep the momentum alive.
Farmers in rural Punjab continue to protest in spite of COVID-19 restrictions. Photo: Special arrangement.
âSannu saal ho chaleya, Modi da pit syapa kardeyâ (‘Weâve been crying against Modi for over a year now but we wonât stop’), exclaimed Gurpreet Kaur, a woman in her late thirties who is the movement in-charge at Baras village in Patiala district. Her two children and her husband accompany her everywhere.
How Punjab s Dalit Labourers Are Trapped to Live a Bonded Life
A survey revealed that big peasants, who were among the top lenders to the labourers, gave them loans in the garb of paying low daily wages.
A labourer drinks water while harvesting wheat crop at a field in Jhanpur village of the northern Indian state of Punjab April 18, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Ajay Verma
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Mansa, Patiala (Punjab):Â A narrow dirt road alongside a filthy pond enters Neelamâs one room house at Aklia village of Punjabâs Mansa district. The house is just a pile of bricks. The floor is muddy and uneven.