The artificial scarcity of oxygen and this oxygen famine is a result of bad policies and malicious political designs. I had never seen a man die gasping for breath until I met Chander Prakash. He was 43 years old, about 5'6'’ and with O2 saturation of...
As the Samyukta Kisan Morcha was blocking roads all across India on March 26 and celebrating Bharat Bandh, the situation in Ahmedabad got out of hand. The Bharatiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) Yudhvir Singh was arrested in the middle of a press conference. The arresting officer,...
With the state government's Land Reform Bill coming as a death knell for farmers, the Delhi protest against the farm laws has breathed new life into farmers' struggle. Hubali-Dharwad: By 5 pm a white i20 car adorned with a green ryot (farmer) flag was occupied by...
Until the farmers’ movement succeeds in making their voice heard in Parliament, the political parties will keep manipulating them While the farmer leaders are busy campaigning against the three farm laws, building a pan-India farmers’ movement, something in Delhi has changed. The Opposition parties like the...
Pipad, Rajasthan, is usually a quiet place with fallow lands, parched salty soils and a blooming mining industry, which often operates in a legally grey zone. In an hour’s drive from Jodhpur, one catches glimpses of both thorny bamboos and extraordinary human resilience. Afroz Khan, now...
As the farmers’ protest against farm laws enters the summer season, they brave high temperatures and the paucity of basic necessities. As an orange sun hung over the Tikri border; Rakesh Tikait along with other leaders was addressing the gathering of farmers on the 99th evening...
The agrarian issue is being politicised by media magicians but, for the farmers, it’s a question of livelihood and existence Green mango flowers are now bursting and kites dance in the sky while bright yellow, purple flowers bloom one last time and farmers in Tihar Jail,...
Farmers in India are engaged in nearly the same fight U.S. farmers waged 40 years ago—against the same corporate interests. Spring has finally come to Delhi after a harsh winter. Yellow mustard fields are gravid with seed, and adolescent green wheat ears dance to the sound...
As India dismantled the Essential Commodities Act last year and invited , one question remains unanswered, are Indian competition laws mature enough to prevent an oligopoly in the sector? foreign direct investment(FDI) into the food and farming sector. After all, the memory of 2.5 lakh crore...
The Finance Minister’s plans to fix India's agriculture sector leave a lot to be desired and these tall claims should be taken with a pinch of salt The message from the Union Budget 2021-22 is clear — Credit, Corporatisation and Disinvestment. Rahul Gandhi promptly tweeted “crony...