Singhu Border
Makeshift-house, landmark of farmers protest, makes its way back home
December 16, 2021
The 13-month-long peaceful protest against the three farm laws ended only a few days ago, after a full 380 days spent by thousands of farmers on the borders of the national capital, New Delhi. Since the call by the farmers’ unions to suspend the agitation, the farmers have been...
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Farmers Protest: A saga of sorrow and delight
December 13, 2021
“Jo bole so Nihaal! Sat Sri Akal” shouts a young boy, sitting in the driver’s seat on a tractor at the Singhu Border on Saturday as his family finished packing their belongings on the journey back home as the year-long farmers’ protest at Singhu Border was suspended by fa...
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Singhu Border: The protest with a human touch
December 13, 2021
On Saturday afternoon, the area around Singhu Border in New Delhi bears the look of the site of a huge village fair that has come to an end after a long time as hundreds of tents set up all over are being dismantled and the huge community kitchens that fed tens of thousands every...
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Protesting farmers make Singhu Border their home away from home
May 13, 2021
“There is a memorable event from our village where a liquor shop had opened in 1987. So our mothers and grandmothers got together and protested against the liquor shop. That protest went on for one year and for what? Just for a liquor shop. After a year, the women won the battl...
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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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“Is police here to protect us or forcibly evict us?” ask farmers at Ghazipur border
January 29, 2021
A day after the chaos at Red Fort and ITO when protesting farmers clashed with police, the mood was tense at various protest sites on the borders of Delhi. There was confusion as two minor groups of farmers had decided to withdraw from the protest and the Uttar Pradesh government...
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The peaceful protest that was…
January 28, 2021
Till eve of the Republic Day, everything seemed to be going as per plan and meticulous planning has been the one of the most outstanding qualities of the farmers’ protest at Delhi borders. After all, it has taken a whole lot of detailed planning to set up and run with clockwork...
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Misguided path & unexpected turn of events at Ghazipur border
January 27, 2021
Violence broke out early on Tuesday morning just as the tractor rally of farmers at Ghazipur in eastern Delhi had begun its fateful journey. With batons charge and use of tear gas shells by the police in an attempt to disperse the crowd of approaching tractors, friction had been ...
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After Republic Day melee, shocked farmers’ unions say focus on February 1 march to Parliament
January 27, 2021
The mood at Singhu border on Wednesday morning is sombre, to say the least. Weeks of preparations for the Republic Day Tractor Rally lay in shambles on Tuesday evening as violence at the iconic Red Fort and ITO in Delhi by a breakaway group of farmers overwhelmed the main tractor...
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Degeneration of tractor rally from Singhu Border to Red Fort
January 26, 2021
“This is not what our protest was all about. We have been protesting peacefully for months and even been at the borders of Delhi without any incident. But today, to see some people turn to violence, attack the police and damage a piece of history that is shared by the entire na...
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‘Farmers disappointed, angry over government tactics’
January 22, 2021
“We are extremely disappointed and sad by the attitude of the government that has led the charade of discussing seriously with us during 11 rounds of talks, to finally leave the discussions mid-way. There is a lot of anger amongst the farmers, but now our focus is on making the...
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Farmers reject offer of holding farm laws in abeyance
January 22, 2021
After the 10th round of talks with the government, media reports said a middle ground could be found over the latest offer of the government to hold the farm laws in abeyance for about 18 months. Media also quoted farmer leader Shiv Kumar Kakka, who has participated in all the 10...
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