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<p></p><ul><li><b><i>Series
editor and coordinator of PARI&#39;s coverage of the march: Sharmila Joshi,
editorial chief, PARI. </i></b><br/></li><li><b><i>Photo editor: Binaifer Bharucha. </i></b><br/></li><li><b><i>Content management team: Subuhi Jiwani, Samyukta Shastri, Sinchita Maji, Jyoti Shinoli.</i></b><br/></li></ul><p></p>

<h2><a id="6275" linktype="page">‘A farmer’s life is full of sadness’</a></h2><p></p><p>Rising input costs and debt, poor prices and polices – Punjab&#39;s farmers speak of their concerns in this video</p><h5>March 6, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/subuhi-jiwani">Subuhi Jiwani</a></h5><p></p>

‘A farmer’s life is full of sadness’

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/even-24-hours-of-work-is-not-enough">&#39;Even 24 hours of work is not enough&#39;</a><p></p></h2><p>In government schools in West Bengal&#39;s villages, cleaning staff and mid-day meal workers are hired part time, which ensures low salaries and no benefits, and forces the women to do multiple jobs </p><h5>January 30, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sanket-jain">Sanket Jain</a> </h5>

'Even 24 hours of work is not enough'

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/a-punjab-farmer-sings-the-blues">A Punjab farmer sings the blues</a></h2><p>At the Kisan Mukti March in Delhi in November, a farmer from Punjab sang a moving song about unemployment, debt and the loss of hope. Listen to it here<br/></p><h5>December 27, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/binaifer-bharucha">Binaifer Bharucha</a><p></p></h5>

A Punjab farmer sings the blues

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/from-fields-and-ploughs-to-parliament-street">From fields and ploughs to Parliament Street</a></h2><p>On November 30, 2018, undulating waves of red, yellow and green flags, held aloft by farmers from all over India, spread through the streets of Delhi. Chanting slogans, the farmers marched towards Parliament Street. After battling deep and decades-long agrarian distress, they came to be seen and heard in India’s capital<br/></p><h5>December 27, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/binaifer-bharucha">Binaifer Bharucha</a><p></p></h5>

<h2><a id="5790" linktype="page">Farmers’ protest: from Bihar to Anand Vihar</a></h2><p>At the end of last month, farmers from Bihar gathered outside Anand Vihar station in Delhi for the November 29-30 Kisan Mukti March. In the video featured here, they speak of their concerns and expectations</p><h5>December 21, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/namita-waikar">Namita Waikar</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/samyukta-shastri">Samyukta Shastri</a></h5>

Farmers’ protest: from Bihar to Anand Vihar

<h2><a id="5792" linktype="page">The solitary cultivators of Himachal</a></h2><p>Farmers from Shimla district, who came to Delhi for the Kisan Mukti Morcha on November 29-30, remind us in the video featured here that the bulk of work in agriculture is done by women</p><p></p><h5>December 21, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/subuhi-jiwani">Subuhi Jiwani</a></h5><p></p>

The solitary cultivators of Himachal

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/freedom-fighters-speak-up-for-farmers">Freedom fighters speak up for farmers</a></h2><p>Hausabai Patil and Ramchandra Sripati Lad – freedom fighters in their 90s from Sangli district, Maharashtra – support the farmers’ demand for a 21-day session of Parliament on the agrarian crisis. Watch these videos<br/></p><h5>December 10, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/bharat-patil">Bharat Patil</a><p></p></h5>

Freedom fighters speak up for farmers

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/glimpses-from-the-mukti-morcha">Glimpses from the Mukti Morcha</a><p></p></h2><p></p><p>Farmers from Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana walked in the march on November 29, 2018, from Gurudwara Shri Bala Sahebji in south Delhi, to Ramila Maidan in central Delhi</p><h5>December 05, 2018 | <a id="5710" linktype="page">Anushka Jain</a></h5><p></p>

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/walking-sticks-papads-jaggery-hookahs-cards">Walking sticks, papads, jaggery, hookahs, cards</a></h2><p><br/>The Kisan Mukti Morcha on November 29-30, 2018, in Delhi was also an occasion for some snacks, smokes, games, phone videos, innovative ways of carrying personal items, and more</p><h5>December 05, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/rahul-m">Rahul M.</a><p></p></h5>

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/five-farmers-speak-of-their-demands">Five farmers speak of their demands</a></h2><p>What were the specific and varying concerns of farmers from different states? We asked five farmers</p><h5>December 05, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/jaideep-hardikar-and-chetana-borkar/">Chetana Borkar</a></h5>

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/odishas-cultivators-speak-of-drought-and-wages">Odisha’s cultivators speak of drought and wages</a></h2><p>At the Kisan Mukti March in Delhi on November 29-30, 2018, farmers, daily wage workers and activists from Odisha and other states highlighted their recurring problems, while marching amid security personnel<br/></p><h5>December 04, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/purusottam-thakur">Purusottam Thakur</a> </h5>

Odisha’s cultivators speak of drought and wages

<h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/catching-a-breath-mid-march">Catching a breath mid-march</a></h2><p>On November 29 and 30, 2018, farmers from across the country marched from overnight camps in different parts of Delhi to Ramlila Maidan and from there to Parliament Street. In between, some of them stopped for a while for a quick rest<br/></p><h5>December 04, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/subuhi-jiwani">Subuhi Jiwani</a></h5>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/children-of-farmers-at-the-delhi-march">Children of farmers at the Delhi march</a></b></h2><p>A few kids too participated in the Kisan Mukti March in Delhi on November 29-30, 2018. They came with their parents, probably because there was no one back home to look after them<br/></p><h5>December 04, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sanket-jain">Sanket Jain</a> </h5>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/voting-with-the-ballot-and-with-their-feet">Voting
with the ballot and with their feet</a></b></h2>

<p>After voting in the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh,
many farmers took the train to the capital for the march, saying &#39;nobody paid
attention to us in MP, so we thought we should make ourselves heard in Delhi&#39;</p>

<h5>December 03, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/parth-mn">Parth M.N.</a></h5>

Voting with the ballot and with their feet

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/drums-cymbals-bells---dancers-at-the-farmers-march">Drums,
cymbals, bells – dancers at the farmers&#39; march</a><p></p></b></h2>

<p>At the November 29-30 farmers&#39; march in Delhi, many came
with traditional instruments that emphasised their identity, voice and demands</p>

<h5>December 01, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/jaideep-hardikar-and-chetana-borkar/">Chetana Borkar</a></h5>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/marching-from-majnu-ka-tila-to-ramlila">Marching
from Majnu ka Tila to Ramlila</a></b></h2>

<p>Farmers from Punjab and Himachal Pradesh walked from the
overnight camp at Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tila in north Delhi to Ramlila Maidan in
the central part of the city on November 29, alongside students who came out to
support them</p>

<h5>December 01, 2018 | <a id="5694" linktype="page">Guru Dhamal</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/binaifer-bharucha/">Binaifer Bharucha</a></h5>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/the-long-road-to-parliament">The
long road to Parliament</a></b></h2>

<p>After spending the night at Ramlila Maidan, thousands of
farmers marched to Parliament Street on November 30 to place their demands
before the government</p>

<h5>December 01, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sanket-jain">Sanket Jain</a></h5>

The long road to Parliament

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/taking-back-hope-from-the-march">Taking
back hope from the march</a></b></h2>

<p>After gruelling journeys that stretched for days for many,
the farmers marched to Sansad Marg on November 30, shouting slogans, singing,
speaking of their demands. Then they got ready to return to their fields</p>

<h5>December 01, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/parth-mn">Parth M.N.</a></h5>

Taking back hope from the march

<p></p><h2><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/jhabuas-protesting-farmers-in-delhi">Jhabua&#39;s protesting
farmers in Delhi</a></h2>
Farmers from Jhabua district
in Madhya Pradesh, who say the costs of cultivation are much higher than the
returns, are demanding better prices for their crops <p><br/></p><h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/purusottam-thakur">Purusottam
Thakur</a></h5><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/albums/kisan-mukti-morcha-on-the-road-from-bijwasan">Kisan
Mukti Morcha: On the road from Bijwasan</a></b></h2>

<p>On November 29, farmers who had spent the night at a camp in
Bijwasan in south east Delhi, started off on the protest march to Ramlila
Ground</p>

<h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/authors/jaideep-hardikar-and-chetana-borkar/">Chetana Borkar</a></h5>

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/marching-from-bijwasan-to-ramlila-maidan">Marching
from Bijwasan to Ramlila Maidan</a></b></h2>

<p>Farmers from Rajasthan, West Bengal and other states at the
November 29-30 protest in Delhi</p>

<h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sanket-jain">Sanket Jain</a></h5>

Marching from Bijwasan to Ramlila Maidan

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/disciplined-determined-and-hopeful">Disciplined,
determined and hopeful</a></b></h2>

<p>Yesterday, November 29, farmers from Maharashtra— as well as
many other states – marched to Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan. Today, they will march
towards Parliament to highlight their demands</p>

<h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/parth-mn">Parth M.N.</a></h5>

Disciplined, determined and hopeful

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/anantapur-to-delhi-alivelammas-talisman">Anantapur
to Delhi: Alivelamma’s talisman</a></b></h2>

<p>C. Alivelamma, a tenant farmer, hopes no more farmers are driven to suicide like her husband was</p><h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/rahul-m">Rahul M.</a></h5>

Anantapur to Delhi: Alivelamma’s talisman

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/whatever-we-grow-we-suffer-losses">&#39;Whatever
we grow, we suffer losses&#39;</a></b></h2><p>Farmers from the riverine villages of the Sundarbans in West
Bengal, who are in Delhi for the November 29-30 farmers&#39; march, speak of their
problems back home and what they hope this march will achieve<br/></p>

<h5>November 30, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/namita-waikar">Namita Waikar</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/samyukta-shastri">Samyukta Shastri</a></h5>

'Whatever we grow, we suffer losses'

<h2><a id="5668" linktype="page">Dahanu to Delhi, struggling for space and more</a></h2><p>Warli women farmers from Palghar district took three trains to reach Delhi for the farmers&#39; march on November 29-30. In the crowded compartments, their songs of protest lightened the long journey</p><h5>November 29, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/siddharth-adelkar">Siddharth Adelkar</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/himanshu">Himanshu Chutia Saikia</a></h5>

Dahanu to Delhi, struggling for space and more

<h2><a id="5666" linktype="page">Drought-hit Yavatmal farmers at Delhi protest</a></h2><p>Among the first to arrive in Delhi for the march on November 29-30 was a group of Adivasi farmers from Vidarbha – they came to highlight many problems, but their main concern right now is a crushing drought</p><h5>November 29, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/namita-waikar">Namita Waikar</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/samyukta-shastri">Samyukta Shastri</a></h5>

Drought-hit Yavatmal farmers at Delhi protest

<h2><a id="5664" linktype="page">The urban poor rally for the rural poor</a></h2><p>In a Delhi basti, people speak in support of the farmers marching to the capital on November 29-30</p><h5>November 29, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/subuhi-jiwani">Subuhi Jiwani</a> and <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/aditya-dipankar">Aditya Dipankar</a></h5>

The urban poor rally for the rural poor

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/we-were-also-farmers">&#39;We were also
farmers...&#39;</a></b></h2><p></p><p>At a vegetable market in north Delhi, a day before the
farmers&#39; march, vendors speak of the agrarian crisis</p>

<h5>November 29, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/purusottam-thakur">Purusottam
Thakur</a></h5><p></p><h5><p></p></h5>

'We were also farmers...'

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/getting-ready-for-the-rally-at-ramlila-maidan">Getting
ready for the rally at Ramlila Maidan</a></b></h2>

<p>Many of the labourers at Ramlila Maidan in north east Delhi,
who were putting up the tents and preparing for the November 29-30 farmers’
rally, are themselves migrants from farm families</p>

<h5>November 29, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/parth-mn">Parth M.N.</a></h5>

Getting ready for the rally at Ramlila Maidan

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/it-is-for-my-childrens-future-that-i-march">‘It
is for my children&#39;s future that I march’</a></b></h2>

<p>Adivasi women farmers from Dahanu speak of why they are
taking the train to Delhi for the farmers&#39; march</p>

<h5>November 28, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/siddharth-adelkar">Siddharth Adelkar</a></h5>

‘It is for my children's future that I march’

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/farmers-march-voices-from-a-delhi-street">Farmers’
march: voices from a Delhi street</a></b></h2>

<p>What people in Delhi are saying about the massive farmers&#39;
rally starting tomorrow, November 29</p>

<h5>November 28, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sanket-jain">Sanket Jain</a></h5>

Farmers’ march: voices from a Delhi street

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/driving-autos-and-causes-in-dombivli">Driving
autos and causes in Dombivli</a></b></h2>

<p>On Sunday, autorickshaw drivers in Dombivli came together to
ask commuters to sign a petition demanding a special session of parliament on
the agrarian crisis, and support the farmers&#39; march in Delhi later this week</p>

<h5>November 28, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/siddharth-adelkar">Siddharth Adelkar</a></h5>

Driving autos and causes in Dombivli

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/life-after-death-on-the-farm">Life
after death on the farm</a></b></h2>

<p>Tens of thousands of farm widows in Maharashtra – all of
them farmers too – find themselves in a morass of loss, grief, debt, penury,
harassment, and miles of paperwork and bureaucracy, after their husbands&#39;
suicides</p>

<h5>November 23, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/sharmila-joshi">Sharmila Joshi</a></h5>

Life after death on the farm

<h2><b><a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/we-need-a-special-session-of-parliament">We
need a special session of Parliament…</a></b></h2>

<p>Watch P. Sainath speak about the upcoming November 29-30
march of farmers and agricultural workers</p>

<h5>November 19, 2018 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/p-sainath">P. Sainath</a></h5>

We need a special session of Parliament…

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