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On the former IPS officer’s 57th birthday, his children Aakashi and Shantanu Bhatt ask that people of India rise and be “the citizens, the nation that our father believes exists”. They then write an emotional personal letter addressed to their father.
This analysis reinforces the fact that the announcement of MSP for most crops remains mostly on paper as farmers are rarely able to sell it for these prices.
The Congress governments in these states introduce amended farms Bills in their State Assemblies to counter the Central Acts and safeguard the interests of farmers.
India’s record is lowest among South Asian countries in fighting hunger and stands to worsen following the new farm laws.
For women at the Shaheen Bagh-inspired protest in Mumbai, participating in a political movement felt like finding their identity.
The decency, courage and spirit of the farmers camping in the brutal cold on Delhi’s borders is simply amazing. Shows that despite everything India has been through this year, her conscience is still very much alive and kicking.
The unprecedented unity among peasant organisations is not a sudden development. It has been built over several struggles, which have expanded the base of the peasant movement and snowballed into the massive protests against the new farm laws.
If passed, this bill is likely to add a Rs.1,00,000 crore additional burden on farmers and raise their cost of irrigation by 500%.
After five days of strikes and roadblocks by rural workers, Peru’s Congress forced to repeal the pro-corporate Agrarian Promotion Laws.
The historic nationwide farmers struggle that began on November 26 entered its fourth week on December 17. It intensified and spread across the country after the unprecedented support that was expressed by the people of India through the Bharat Bandh on December 8.
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