The report published by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) could potentially fuel the disquiet already voiced by US lawmakers
“I started my newspaper because this kind of mobilisation had never happened in recent history,” she said.
Good on Lilly for using her celebrity to bring attention, and education, about the farmers protests, and doing it with style.
Dr. Swaiman Singh, a cardiologist from the US, put his career on hold to come provide free medical services to farmers protesting in India.
Many Hoosiers families trace their roots to the farming families in Punjab, and some were farmers themselves before they immigrated to US.
Thousands of female farmers hold sit-ins and a hunger strike outside India’s capital on International Women’s Day against new agricultural laws.
Maligning a peaceful grassroots movement by intentionally creating a narrative of terrorism around it might be a victory for the BJP and its extreme right wing partners but not for India’s democracy. Farmers are one of the greatest assets in creating a more peaceful and prosperous India. Every freedom loving citizen needs to stand with their calls for equity and justice.
Far too long have authorities escaped scrutiny and if the motivation behind acts like these is to quiet the voice and slow the thrust of a movement... surely it will have the opposite affect.
EXCLUSIVE: Randhir Singh was so appalled at the brutal treatment of farmers protesting outside Delhi that he flew to India - he saw elderly women with black eyes and asked 'how can this be happening in modern India?'
Historically, Mai Bhago and Gadri Gulab Kaur, a freedom fighter from Sangrur who left her husband and the prospect of a safe life in the West to join the Ghadar movement and fight the British often come to mind.