NB: Here are some observations which I have received from friends (or passed on by them) on Indian agriculture. The observations have been provoked by the current farmer agitation. The comments are placed in the order I received them. Some are in the public domain, and helped spark off the debate. Five of these are listed… Read More Discussion on Indian Agriculture and the ongoing Kisan agitation
It would seem that the Narendra Modi government is preparing a fallback narrative in case the stalemate with agitating farmers continues. It has begun putting its weight behind allegations that the agitation has been hijacked by “extremist” elements. Government leaders are talking about the subversive intent of “Urban Naxalites” or of “Khalistanis” alleged to have infiltrated the… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Farmer leaders as 'extremists': Govt prepares a fallback narrative
“I plan to add all the videos I take at the borders. Can’t promise consistency but can certainly promise that there is more to come. Not just from me but from this movement…” https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQJ7xZ2HU2punZW1FeLFhR51a6tkNfTS Ravinder Kaur: Has Modi finally met his match in India’s farmers? The government’s hopes of turning India into the world’s workshop… Read More Indian Farmers' Protest – Work in progress videos
“No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Central Government or the State Government, or any officer of the Central Government or the State Government or any other person in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or of any rules or… Read More P. Sainath: Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers? // SCBA president says farm laws 'unconstitutional', offers free services as lawyer to agitating farmers
“ये आंदोलन सिर्फ किसानों का ही नहीं है हम सब का है जब भी देश पर कोई संकट आया है तो सरदारों ने हमारी मदद की है आज सरदारों को हमारी जरूरत है आज हम सबको इन का साथ देना चाहिए चलो दिल्ली चले हम..” Singhu Border पर पंजाबियों का ये रंग देखकर आप भी… Read More Singhu Border पर पंजाबियों का ये रंग देखकर आप भी कहेंगै-सरदार जी तुसी ग्रेट हो // Amit Shah के NO के बाद अब क्या करेंगे किसान ? आंदोलन करते रहेंगे? Ajit Anjum
Indications are that the Narendra Modi government is preparing to retrace its steps in the face of the farmers’ protest. Whether farmer leaders presently committed to a full repealing of the farm laws finally agree to key amendments in them remains to be seen. The anger of the farmers is only now being given credence by the… Read More Bharat Bhushan – Farmers' agitation: Perils of a non-consultative government // इस किसान के बयान से भाजपा में मजा अफरा तफरी, वीडियो पूरे देश भर में हुआ वायरल
Vijender Singh, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, said on Sunday that he will return his Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award if the demands of the protesting farmers at the Delhi border aren’t fulfilled. The talks between the union government and the representatives of farmer unions remained inconclusive on Saturday after… Read More Vijender Singh to return Khel Ratna if protesting farmers’ demands not met // Farmers respond: Farmer Protests Delhi | किसान आंदोलन & Godi Media
Public Solidarity Statement: Greens With Farmers: #GreensWithFarmers Youth environmental groups join Dilli Chalo and Nationwide General Strike on 26th November to withdraw the three Anti-Farmer Bills and Reverse the Dilution of Workers’ Protections. Stop destructive projects, reverse anti-Earth policies, abandon fossil fuels, and implement a People’s Green Recovery Agenda to safeguard future generations! Environmental groups… Read More Public Solidarity Statement: Greens With Farmers
NB: The RSS-led Modi Government is politically bankrupt. It has only one mental fixation: communal hatred, which is why it is now raising the bogey of Khalistan, clubbing it together with the charge of Congress-led conspiracy. (Has it forgotten than Indira Gandhi’s assassins were inspired by Khalistani ideology?). This government has only one method of… Read More Bharat Bhushan: Short of answers or assurances; Govt unable to handle farmer protests
How well does the BJP understand the politics of Punjab? The answer will be, I am afraid, very poorly. Definitely the Modi-Shah BJP does not understand Punjab, Punjabis, their politics, or even more specifically, the Sikhs. Or, they wouldn’t have dug themselves into such a hole (pun intended) over their handling of the Punjab farmers’… Read More SHEKHAR GUPTA: Shambles over farmers’ protest shows Modi-Shah BJP needs a Punjab tutorial
After the truth-shower 