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Placing farmers and their leaders in a pigeonhole
The narrow characterisation of farmers pushes people to think that they cannot organise themselves, that they are manipulated by activists with strident ideological positions
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Chaudhary Charan Singh, is referred to as the ‘champion of peasants’. (Image for respresentational purposes | Express Illustrations/Amit bandre)
There is a certain stereotype of the farmer that has been peddled during the ongoing farmers’ agitation. The stereotype has a positive side to it as well as a flip side. The positive side tries to assert their resilience, determination, patience, innocence, minimalism, self-respect and fortitude. All these are seemingly associated with the physicality of their profession. Due to the fact that they work in the fields and with their hands, it is philosophised that they absorb the very nature of earth. The flip side of this archetype is that they are not often given credit for l
The past few months have seen a rise in volatility along the Indo-Tibetan border, with the forces of both India and China coming to blows. While these events are extraordinary in present times, the border has witnessed far more heated exchanges, most notably during the 1962 Indo-China War.
The unforgiving terrain that marks the frontier creates an additional dimension to the already complex nature of these clashes, whether in regard to more conventional manoeuvres, or other irregular military activity which is far more frequent. This is the story of the latter kind of action, that of daring espionage against Communist China, played for the highest stakes with the greatest risks.
Updated: December 24, 2020 10:21:05 pm
Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee was Prime Minister of India once for 13 days, second time for 13 months and third time for four and a half years.
In the last seven decades of politics, a personality emerged in India and the country accepted it easily. In the way history happens, a leader too is born. One such leader was Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Many researchers are working on Atalji’s life, his thoughts, his conduct as leader of opposition, as the prime minister of India, his understanding of foreign policy, life in Parliament, oratory, how he left an indelible impression on the psyche of the public mind and so on. The consensus today is there has no politician like Atalji
Kutch from a fossil fuel powerhouse to a renewable energy giant
December 14, 2020
Gujarat estimates the energy park will get investments worth ₹1.25-lakh crore - imacoconut×
PM Modi to lay foundation stone for world s largest hybrid energy park today
It’s Kutch’s moment in the Sun, literally. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone on Tuesday for what is dubbed as the world s largest single-location hybrid energy park in Vighakot village, this border district in Gujarat aspires to become a global renewable energy powerhouse.
From the days of darkness in the pre-Independence era to giant windmills and shining solar panels covering large swathes today, Kutch has transformed into an energy hub.