On April 26, Farmers’ Protest Completes Five Months – Two Articles
Five months 400 deaths still continuing: Farmers protest around Delhi; Haryana: Khaps move to resist possible ‘forcible removal’ of farmers from protest sites.
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Snapshots from Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s Life, Through the Eyes of His Close Aide
The translation of an essay by Govind Ganapat Kale from the 1981 Marathi book ‘Amhi Pahilele Phule’. The book is a compilation of recollections narrated by Jotirao Phule’s associates and contemporaries, compiled by Pandharinath Patil and edited by Sitaram Raikar.
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Two Reports from the Farmers’ Movement
India’s farm crisis: Mitti of the martyrs, Singhu’s soil of struggle; Ghazipur border: Protesting farmers to celebrate Baisakhi tomorrow, Samvidan Bachao Divas on Wednesday.
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Farm Laws: Fate of Farmers in Bihar Points to What Those Across India Might Soon Face
High volatility in crop prices, coupled with the absence of APMCs, means that farmers usually have to sell their produce well below the MSP.
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Four Months on, Farmers Intensify Their Protests: Eight Newsreports
Mitti Satyagraha and Kisan Shaheed Smarak; Farmers block Delhi-Meerut expressway and Kundli–Manesar–Palwal expressway in Haryana for a day; Farmers gherao offices of FCI; Tikait in Gujarat; How Punjab is organising to keep protests alive during harvesting season.
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Why are Groundwater Tables in Punjab Falling
It is not the kisans of Punjab who are responsible for the environmental damage being done by the present pattern of agriculture. What stands in the way of a solution is the rulers’ own determination to restructure India’s agriculture and food system in favour of imperialism.
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Latest News on the Nationwide Farmers’ Agitation; Farmers Announce New Plans for April-May
Farmers burn farm law copies during Holika Dahan; Declare FCI Bachao Divas on April 5; Announce Parliament march in 1st week of May; Punjab farmers prepare for long haul as harvest season nears; Tikait in Gujarat; Kisan Panchayats in Karnataka.
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Repairing the Soil Carbon Rift: Enhancing Agriculture and Environment
The loss of soil organic matter and the corresponding massive carbon relocation to the atmosphere (as carbon dioxide) constitutes the soil carbon rift. It ultimately leads to severe degradation of soil. It is estimated that about one-third of the world’s soils have become significantly degraded.
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Why You Should Visit the F.A.R.M.E.R. at Tikri Border at Least Once
There are six attributes that the farmers’ protest has come to exemplify. Like the prime minister, the author has put them in an acronym.
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March 26: Biggest Bharat Bandh in Independent India; March 23: Farmers, Jawans, Youth Celebrate Shahid Diwas
News from across the country about Bharat Bandh on March 26; Mahapanchayat at Kanyakumari on March 27; Police barge in to stop farmers’ Press Conference in Ahmedabad; 5-day padyatra from Haryana concludes at Delhi border; Farmers, jawans and youth together celebrate Shahid Diwas.
