Medha Patkar joins farmers protest at Delhi border
Mitti Satyagraha: Retracing Gandhi’s peaceful battles
April 7, 2021
“In 1930, when Mahatma Gandhi had decided to launch the salt satyagraha in Dandi to get the government to remove ban on domestic salt production and end its monopoly on salt, not many were convinced about the utility of a non-violent protest march passing through villages. But ...
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Farmers’ protest: A festive air & high spirits at Singhu Border
December 1, 2020
Singhu border in northern Delhi, on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway, is normally crowded and busy with thousands of vehicles zipping through. However, over the past week, the area around the principal highway linking the national capital with rest of northern India seems to have tra...
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Rejecting Amit Shah’s offer of talks, reinforcements join protesting farmers at Delhi border
November 30, 2020
The farmers unions unanimously rejected on Sunday union home minister Amit Shah’s offer of holding talks provided the farmers moved to Burari as a protest site. “Shah’s offer was conditional and it has been rejected after a meeting of the coordination committee of over 500 ...
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