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1 Womenâs participation in farmersâ protests is being seen as a life-altering moment. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal
Geetanjali Gayatri
History is replete with stories of their heroism because valour runs in the Punjabi blood. But, unfortunately, so does patriarchy. And, there is absolutely no dearth of ghastly tales of honour killing, of female foeticide, of subjugation of the fairer sex and worse. These, however, are dark alleys and just not the place to be when the frost in the air gives way and spring is knocking, when the fields are yellow with mustard flowers, when the wheat crop stretches endlessly like a carpet of green and farmers await its shiny golden hues.
A newsletter called Karti Dharti written by women and about women will be published and distributed on Friday at least in two protest sites here. The newsletter is the brainchild an IT analyst and
Newsletter by all-women team on farmers agitation launched
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Sukant Deepak ( IANS) |
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Fri, Feb 12 2021 2:27 IST |
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Newsletter by all-women team on farmers agitation launched.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 12 : We are trained to look at the ongoing farmers agitation with a certain gaze that tends to ignore the role of women participating actively and passively. The same holds true for Dalit labourers who do not own tractors and trolleys, and make a huge effort to be at protest sites. This is where the newsletter Karti Dharti comes in, says social activist Sangeet Toor.
Launched today (February 12), this four page A3 sized newsletter in Punjabi, and later Shahmukhi (Persian) too, founded and edited by Toor, a Master s degree holder in Cyber Security from George Washington University in the US comprises an all women s team. While it has been designed by Navjeet Kaur, funded and distributed by Sargam Toor, another social acti