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MY PARENTS were brought up in India, a country and culture where the majority of women are not respected or valued by men. It’s predominantly a man’s world.  The man is seen as a superhero with power, and that has been clearly evident during the farmers’ protest in the way that the Indian government has reacted to the prominent women who have spoken up to support the protest.  Even though my parents migrated to Britain from India in the late 1960s, and have adapted somewhat, they came over with customs and cultures, and passed most of those generational beliefs and traditions on to me...

'PM Modi Under Pressure From Ambani, Adani; Repealing Laws Not in His Hands': BKU Leader Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan has said that Union agriculture minister unwittingly revealed this to farmers' leaders at their last meeting. BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) President Joginder Singh Ugrahan addressing the rally at Muthada Kalan village in Jalandhar district. Photo: Kusum Arora Rights12/Mar/2021 Jalandhar: Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) president Joginder Singh Ugrahan on Friday, March 12, said that repealing the three controversial farm laws was not in the h...

: Friday, March 12, 2021, 2:30 AM IST The same old question on dissenters and their fate persists in a brand new era, writes Shivaji Sarkar Protesting farmers in Tikri on Monday PTI Is India choking voices to prepare for a future with private companies controlling the country? Or is it just working under their command? The immediate provocation is the treatment meted out to Nodeep Kaur, a labour rights activist and her summary arrest. The questions are nothing new. A Bengali film, ‘Sagina Mahato’(1970), or its Hindi version, ‘Sagina’, played by Dilip Kumar in 1974, portra...

Farmers' body refutes reports on 9-member panel formation for talks with govt Farmers' body refutes reports on 9-member panel formation for talks with govt Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday refuted media reports claiming about formation of a 9-member committee for talks with the government over farm laws. No such committee has been formed, it said in an official statement. advertisement [REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE] (Photo Credits: AP) Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Tuesday refuted media reports claiming about formation of a 9-member committee for talks with the government over farm laws. No such...

ABVP activists disrupted a Women’s Day event outside Delhi University’s arts faculty on Monday evening and allegedlyroughed up some of those present. One of the scheduled speakers at the street-corner event was the recently released labour activist Nodeep Kaur, who had drawn international attention after US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s niece Meenakshi “Meena” Harris tweeted against her arrest and alleged custody torture. Nodeep, a Dalit woman who was also part of the farmers’ agitation, was freed on bail on Sunday after 44 days in Haryana’s Karnal jail. She is charged with att...