Politely asking for rights has never worked, never will. Social movements are designed to disrupt the old structure & establish new ones. And in this process of disruption, someone will always be inconvenienced.
Today, as our Farmers shall #ChakkaJaam across the country, there will be many who will feel wrongly victimised.
"Why can't you do it at a designated place?"
"Why do I miss my meeting?"
"Why can't you do it at a designated place?"
"Why do I miss my meeting?"
The protesting farmers have been taking care of our convenience for 70+ days, bearing unimaginable inconvenience themselves - away from home, using shared toilets, breathing dangerously polluted air, sleeping in trucks & trolleys...and yet putting up a brave face to the world.
You know what's inconvenience? Living without a toilet & water connection. Being fenced with barbed wires and nails. Not having internet to tell the truth while the media continues to malign you.
#ChakkaJaam is something to do when nothing else works. Not even Twitter hashtags
#ChakkaJaam is something to do when nothing else works. Not even Twitter hashtags
So yes, if you're more pained for a rescheduled lunch meeting and not about 34 year old Navreet, who married during the protest, and was killed by the State during the protest, then you need to reshift your heart in the right place.
#IndiaSupportsChakkaJaam
#IndiaSupportsChakkaJaam