Who are the protestors at #FarmersProtest?
A 15-year-old Arshdeep Singh Saini, a class 10 student, who has come all the way from Jalandhar with his bag and books and is talking online classes from 10am-12pm every day using his smartphone.
Link: https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/from-schoolboy-to-man-in-debt-all-unified-in-stir/article33217288.ece
Gurjant Singh (middle), 21-yr-old BA graduate from Kurukshetra University, who is not lured by the city life and private jobs and wants to remain a farmer and ensure his father is not exploited. 'We were told since childhood not to be slaves and we are here to ask for our rights'
Gurdeep Singh Nihang, 80-year-old father of six, who has a debt of Rs 4lakh on his head.
Mohinder Kaur (extreme left) and friends who say, 'We are not here for Rs 100 a day as is the popular belief about old women protesting. We are here to fight till the end'.
In today's @the_hindu, we explore who are these people who are protesting, what their lives are, what drove them to come here.
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