Members of the farming and political community in US shed light on the repercussions that the three farm laws could have on small farmers and the farming community.
From Dentist to Activist: Meet a Tenacious Woman Protesting at Tikri Border
For the last three months, Navkiran Natt had been running a makeshift library for the protesting farmers and editing the movement s very own newspaper, the now-famous Trolley Times.
Navkiran at Singhu border. Photo: Kisan Morcha
Women12/Mar/2021
How does a dentist working in one of the most expensive private hospitals in Chandigarh go on to become an ‘
andolanjeevi‘ (professional activist) living in a tent in the middle of a highway on the outskirts of Delhi?
Navkiran Nattâs story is a fascinating one. I met the 29-year-old by chance at a massive gathering of women at the Tikri Border on March 8, International Womenâs Day. While trying to find the best angle to photograph the huge crowd, I noticed her taking photos of individuals in the audience. I asked her if she was a journalist.
Sikhs Attacked in Sydney Amid Tension Over Farm Laws: Report
In Sydney s Harris Park on Sunday night, a group of unidentified men pulled out hammers, baseball bats and wooden sticks, stopping a car and attacking the vehicle.
Representative image of Sydney. Photo: Reuters
World05/Mar/2021
Melbourne: A group of Indian Sikhs said that they were attacked with baseball bats and hammers by some unidentified compatriots in Sydney amid growing tensions within the Indian community in Australia over farming laws in India, according to a media report.
In Sydney’s Harris Park on Sunday night, a group of unidentified men pulled out hammers, baseball bats and wooden sticks, stopping a car and attacking the vehicle as the terrified men inside tried to get away, the
Supporting BJP My Biggest Mistake : BKU s Naresh Tikait at Munderwa Mahapanchayat
The Bharatiya Kisan Union president gave out a call to protesting farmers to socially boycott BJP leaders until a legal guarantee to the MSP is granted, with the repeal of the farm laws.
Bharatiya Kisan Union President Naresh Tikait on February 23. Photo: PTI
Rights27/Feb/2021
Munderwa: The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s grand farmersâ meeting at Munderwa in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh on February 25, gave impetus to the movement in the Purvanchal region.
Large multitudes of farmers in green turbans, green-white caps, women and youth gathered for the mahapanchayat in a field near the Munderwa sugar mill, in spite of the fact that the Mahapanchayat had not been publicised much. Shortly after the panchayat started, four-wheelers were stopped by police from entering the assembly venue.
Happened in US 40 Years Ago : 87 US Farmers Unions Speak Out for Indian Farmers Protest Reagan era furthered the farm crisis through deliberate federal policy changes, with systematic erosion of parity prices and other deregulatory efforts.
Rakesh Tikait, president of Bharti Kisan Union, one of the largest farmers unions, is helped to get onto a stage upon his arrival to attend a Maha Panchayat or grand village council meeting as part of a farmers protest against farm laws at Kandela village in Jind district in the northern state of Haryana, India, February 3, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui.
World21/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Citing damning examples of Reagan era policies that have led to irreparable damage to the US’s farmers, 87 farmers’ unions in the country have extended solidarity to the ongoing protests by farmers in India.