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Farmers have set up tents outside deputy commissioner offices in the 16 districts seeking an agriculture policy among other demands.
Movement Leaders from Harinder Kaur Bindu to Bibi Amtus Salam At the protests the menfolk cook, clean and sweep as well One defining feature of the ongoing farmers’ movement is hard to miss: the sea of yellow chunnis worn by Punjabi women. How come this predominantly male movement has earned such participation of women? Interestingly two young girl singers have reframed the popular song ‘Mera rang de basanti chola’ to ‘Merian rang de basanti chunnian, maye rang de basanti chunnian…’ The participation of women in social-cultural movements is not new to India. In ancient times Garg...
Harinder Kaur Bindu, whose father Megh Raj Bhagtuana was killed by alleged Babbar Khalsa International militants in 1991, now leads protests against the new farm regime at Tikri as head of the women’s wing of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan). The Jamhoori Kisan Sabha is one of the main groups at the Singhu protest. Its president Kulwant Singh Sandhu, who was part of the failed talks with the Centre, was shot in the leg and back in an ambush by suspected Khalistan Commando Force members in 1988. Sonia Mann, a film star in south India and Punjab, has been a regular visitor to the prot...
India Thursday 11 February 2021, by Himanshi Dahiya As lakhs of farmers continue their protest against the new farm legislations introduced by the Modi government, a remarkable number of women are not only braving the rough weather by participating in these demonstrations but are also leading from the front. The agitation which has now entered its third month is being deemed as one of the world’s biggest protests where farmers from several states in the country marched to India’s national capital in late November and early December of 2020. Sixty-five-year-old Jasbir Kaur Natt has been a...
10056 1 Sukhmeet Bhasin Bathinda, January 3 Women in large numbers have emerged at the forefront of the farmer's protests against the farm laws in Delhi. This has led to the new awakening of gender equality amongst the male-the dominated mindset in the state amid the farmers protest. Women of all ages are out are staging a protest demanding the repeal of the farm laws. In the past few weeks, they have braved all odds and stayed put despite Delhi’s bone-chilling winter amid lack of toilets, privacy or hygiene. Many are staying in the tractors in the cold. These women have given a new filli...