“In a country with over 70% of the population in the agricultural and its allied sectors, the past few weeks have been increasingly difficult with farmer suicide rates on the rise and violence in the face of peaceful protests. Pageant women have a unique ability to bring attention to issues and also, gain widespread support - financially and otherwise - within their communities. We know we have this unique platform and we are passionate about using it for what we believe in strongly,” says Serene Singh, the project’s founder.
Now a group of pineapple farmers from Kerala has sent a truckload of pineapples to Delhi to show their support to the protesting farmers.
Several US lawmakers have expressed their support for the farmers protest.
Finding a humbling glimpse of constitutional India in the midst of the farmers’ protests
About 75% of rural women work in agriculture, but they rarely own the land they till.
The right to peacefully protest and dissent is a fundamental democratic principle that we all hold dear.
These are eyes that see that diktat and are asking “ why us? When we are the least beneficiaries of the nations economic development “...
"I felt restless back home," Sandhu said as quoted by The Week. Sandhu's brother had left a few days earlier to join the protests at Tikri. He started his journey from home on December 19 morning and rode for two days...
The initiative is a result of an appeal by the Ugrahan group to families to highlight their stories at the farmers' protests.
Sikhs living overseas, most of whom have families at home tied to the farms, have picked up the thread in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, demonstrating outside Indian embassies to draw attention.