An Army On Its Stomach
On March 12, Mumbaikars woke to the sight of thousands of farmers marching in a disciplined manner under the umbrella of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) to the Azad Maidan in order to stage a protest and present their…
‘सरकार ने क़र्ज़ माफ़ी के लिए ऐसी शर्तें बनाई हैं कि कोई किसान इसे पूरा कर ही नहीं पाएगा’
साक्षात्कार: महाराष्ट्र में अपनी मांगों को लेकर हज़ारों किसान नासिक से पदयात्रा करते हुए मुंबई पहुंच गए हैं. इसकी अगुवाई कर रहे माकपा से संबद्ध ऑल इंडिया किसान सभा के अध्यक्ष अशोक धावले से बातचीत. नासिक से मुंबई तक किसानों…
It took 2 years, 4 protests & meticulous planning for farmers to be heard
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government finally gave written assurances Monday to placate discontented farmers who staged a long march to press for their demands. However, the struggle to secure this assurance from Devendra Fadnavis’s government in black and…
India’s Farmers March Under Red Flag, Demand Agrarian Reform | Multimedia | teleSUR English
A sea of hammer and sickles and red flags swept the Indian state of Maharastra, as Indian farmers protested neoliberal policies and demanded agrarian reform. The farmers began their march from the southwestern city of Nashik to Mumbai on Mar.…
Feeding those who feed you: How Mumbai residents welcomed farmers marching through the city
The headlines in English national newspapers would have us believe Mumbai cared only about office timings and traffic disruption as an estimated 35,000 farmers marched into the city on Sunday, walking 180 kilometres from Nashik. But, across the city, individuals,…
Women farmers join ‘long march’ to Mumbai to demand land and forest rights | The Japan Times
Thousands of women farmers marched into Mumbai alongside their male peers on Monday demanding the government recognizes their rights over forests and stops the takeover of land for industrial projects. The protesters, who over several days walked 180 km (112…
Long March: Blistered feet, unbroken spirit
"Inquilab Zindabad," shouted a farm leader. "Zindabad, Zindabad," the farmers responded. At the end of a gruelling march across 180 kilometres, the exhausted farmers’ chants at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai – where the morcha concluded on March 12 –…
Farmers’ Protest: Meet the Heroes Who’re Fueling the March – Photogallery
Farmers are now surviving on groundnuts, the supply of which is also running out. Farmers such as a 60 year-old Sundarabai Mhadu Bhoi, have carried groundnuts to the rally which they have generously shared with the reporters at the venue.…
Maharashtra Farmers protest UPDATES | Fadnavis government accepts most demands; special trains arran- The New Indian Express
Over 35,000 farmers from across Maharashtra, who embarked on a 'Long March' from Nashik on March 6 to press their various demands, arrived in Mumbai today to protest at the Vidhan Bhavan. Currently, a meeting between the delegation of farmers and…
Maharashtra govt panel to meet protesting farmers, promises solution
The opposition raised the issue in the house Monday, while the BJP’s bitter ally Shiv Sena slammed the government in an editorial in Saamana. Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government has approached the leaders of the ongoing farmer…