Kavitha Kuruganti
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Work on issues related to sustainable farm livelihoods & farmers' rights, to secure profitability, sustainability & social equity in farming/farmers' lives.
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Here are our annadaatas generously distributing food grains before packing up and leaving from Singhu Border. They could have easily taken these rations back home. But No! They continue to share love and affection with locals before bidding adieu. Wah.
#AnnadataSukhibhava
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How much more will
@PMOIndia
test these protesting farmers? At shahjahanpur.
#6MonthsofFarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
#FulfillFarmersDemands
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Today,
@KisanEktaMorcha
observes
#BlackDay
marking completion of 6 long & peaceful months of farmers protest. All farmers & supporters are urged to Post their pictures of raising BLACK FLAGS.
@PMOIndia
#6MonthsOfFarmersProtest
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Protest outside the White House in Washington, in support of the protesting farmers here in India.
#FarmersProtest_StandsStrong
#FarmersProtest
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There were at least 30000 women farmers that I encountered at Tikri Border today. Not to mention many other women farmers who were part of
#WomensDayinFarmerProtest
. My heart sang at the prospects that this holds in terms of deep changes in our society.
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एफएसएसएआई के नए मसौदे का विरोध: राकेश टिकैत बोले- लोगों की सेहत को जोखिम में डालेगा सरकार का यह फैसला.
#NoGMFoods
@fssaiindia
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The superbly gritty and disciplined
#LongMarch
participants are right now in Delhi. After coming in a special train. Will Delhi support them the way Mumbai did? Remunerative prices, freedom from debt, NREGA &FRA implementation, stopping land grab r demands.
#KisanMazdoorFightBack
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Begusarai APMC mandi after the state government deregulated agri markets and scrapped the Bihar State APMC Act in 2006. Infrastructure development and improvement in de-regulated spaces - you can see yourself!
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Bharat bandh on 8th December. Make it a success. Remember Janta Curfew?
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Bangalore Hyderabad highway jammed
One year of tapasya by India's farmers.
#SaluteToIndiasFarmers
#1YearOfFarmersProtest
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Train to Patna from Rayanapadu in Andhra which started on 24th hasn't reached yet. It is at Katihar and once again, a train without food and water!! 7 more hrs. Pl intervene urgently.
@IRCTCofficial
@PiyushGoyal
#MigrantLivesMatter
Govt cannot torture them like this pls.
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Here is
@mandeeppunia1
digging out some useful and predictable information on the attack on
@RakeshTikaitBKU
today in Rajasthan. BJP should answer now.
@Dmalikbku
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I stand with
#PrashantBhushan
and with everything that the superb affidavit in this case from his side had to say. Saying something against the judges and about them cannot and should not be construed as contempt of court.
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'Media is the most exclusionist institution of our democracy caste-wise, class-wise, gender-wise. Corporations that own them are rent-seeking, profit-seeking. There’s a huge need for diversity in the media, for democratisation of the media.' : P Sainath
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It is ridiculous that
#FarmBills
are being passed in this manner in the Rajya Sabha with so much opposition being expressed amidst slogan shouting. What will the government lose by sending these Bills to a Parliamentary Committee?
#AnnadatasOfIndia
#AgriBusinessFacilitationBills
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Youth holding the Preamble of our Constitution, shouting slogans related to pending demands of farmers movement, and paying homage to our martyrs, in Bangalore, before a bike rally to a big highway jam in Srirangapatna on the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.
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Wah. What a story. The UP Police first facilitated his escape from the scene of crime on Sunday, and now has allowed him to go absconding. Like a dirty movie script.
Lakhimpur violence: 3 UP Police teams search for Ashish Mishra; 2 arrested
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Apart from selling unhealthy stuff to consumers, it is clear that
@PepsiIndia
is anti-farmer too! In Gujarat, this greedy MNC sued at least 9 farmers saying they are infringing on its varietal registration right of a potato. Buzz off. Read the PPVFRA 2001 carefully.
#BoycottPepsi
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Police picked up busloads of protestors from Mysore Bank circle in Bangalore.
#PratirodhDiwas
#AntiFarmerBills
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PepsiCo put on the backfoot by Citizens.
It now offers settlement with Farmers. With an arrogant proposal.
Also does not acknowledge that
#FarmersRights
are strongly upheld in India's law - it was wrong in suing farmers in the first instance. Don't let go yet.
#BoycottPepsi
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A Revocation Application that I filed against Pepsico's potato variety FL-2027 registration has been accepted by the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers' Rights Authority. The long and short of what was achieved, in the form of this judgement is that:
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Key farmer leaders of Karnataka moving in a tractor in a massive rally moving from Town Hall to Mysore Bank Circle in Bangalore right now.
#BharatBandh
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersBharatBandh
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The tractor march on the KMP highway today....still pics from Sampla and video clip from Ghazipur to Palwal
#FarmersTractorMarch
#FarmerProtests
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Salaam,
@ravishndtv
. Your journalism is so refreshing. Thank you! "Finally, Kumar’s programmes achieve something that every journalist wants. He continuously exhorts viewers and...
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Gruesome, highly disturbing and shameful incident at Singhu Border today. Nothing and nothing justifies cruelty and violence of this sort.
#Peace
#Nonviolence
should be the farm movement's only mantras. Others should not disrupt this at the morchas and cause disservice to Kisans.
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A terrible humanitarian crisis unfolding at Medchal, outside Hyderabad, where 1000s of migrants who have set off on foot on waiting helplessly for something to be organised.
@TelanganaCMO
@TelanganaDGP
@KTRTRS
@sardesairajdeep
@SreenivasanJain
@ShekharGupta
@dhanyarajendran
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Urban India has to wake up to the distress of our anna daatas. We need to extend solidarity to farmers in their struggles b'cos we are
#Indebted2Farmers
who keep us alive. Join
#KisanMuktiSansad
nov20th
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Women farmers find space in the Congress manifesto, as they rightly should, in every party's! Good.
@INCIndia
@MahilaKisan
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9 member coordination committee;
At least 55 kms of protest townships;
42 delegates in talks with govt;
Around 200 pucca morcha sites across India;
At least 300 farm unions part of struggle;
379 days of peaceful persistence & resistance;
100000s who participated
GLORIOUS VICTORY!
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The annadatas rule the sky here. Not
@narendramodi
' drone.
I actually had tears rolling down at the fact that farmers are having to defend themselves like this from an elected government that's waging a war against them.
#FarmerProtest2024
#farmerprotests2024
#WeShallOvercome
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Requesting all my friends and acquaintances here to take a few minutes to formally complain over email to the Chief Election Commissioner over
@narendramodi
s Rajasthan speech. Write to cec
@eci
.gov.in. Attach PM video pl. Let the regulator know that citizens are not sleeping!
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Punjab farm leaders walk out of meeting with Union Govt. Outside Krishi Bhawan.
#AntiFarmerActs
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Is there an Indian kitchen without this essential ingredient? Is there Indian cooking without mustard? Can we allow this crop to turn toxic?
#NoGMMustardPoison
@byadavbjp
@PMOIndia
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MSP लूट केलकुलेटर :: गेहूँ ::1-31 मार्च 2021
गेहूँ की फसल में किसानों के साथ March में 196.93 cr की लूट
सबसे ज्यादा नुकसान मध्यप्रदेश के किसानों को, 77.17 cr का नुकसान
अन्य फसलों की तरह गेहूँ पर भी किसानों की लूट हुई है और एमएसपी पर सरकार के दावे खोखले साबित हुए
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Agriculture reforms only for traders and corporates, not farmers, say experts
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Major Khan personified quintessential spirit of farmers' movement. Dear friend to many. Retired fauzi. Landless punjabi villager. Fighter for Farmers' Rights. Muslim. Karmayogi. We lost him y'day, a major loss.
@PMOIndia
responsible 4 his life & 500 others'.
#FarmersProtest
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Judicial accountability, Freedom of Expression and something more than Freedom of Expression which is Freedom of Conscience are all very important public debates in India today thanks to
@pbhushan1
. Proud and humbled by you. Re 1 as a symbolic sentence reflects
#SatyamevaJayate
.
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जय किसान आंदोलन's MSP लूट केलकुलेटर :: 02 April 2021::1 से 31 मार्च 2021
राज्य: कर्नाटक
● कर्नाटक के किसानों के साथ मार्च महीने में 27.99 करोड़ की लूट
● सबसे ज्यादा नुकसान मक्का के किसानों को 8.12 करोड़ का नुकसान
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All fellow citizens tweeting away madly worried for safety of their star "journo" are in fact admitting to the terrible human rights violations that can, and do happen routinely in our jails. AG himself is admitting to that. Hope you all wake up at least now. Equality in justice.
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Here is the reality of what the Finance Minister proudly announced about what her Government did for Paddy and Wheat farmers of the country!
#Budget2022
@sardesairajdeep
@_YogendraYadav
@RakeshTikaitBKU
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Ms Jothimani from Karur, Tamil Nadu - This is undemocratic. Farmers, state governments and parliament have not been consulted. Farmers and corporate giants will not be playing on a level playing field. This is a draconian bill, a death knell on farmers.
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In this train, we are getting information that people are fainting because of lack of water! I have tweeted about this a while back. Please do intervene.
@IRCTCofficial
@RailwaySeva
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We resist Govt of India's moves to insult Khadi, the very symbol of our freedom struggle. Why should we celebrate 75 years of independence with imported polyester flags putting aside
#KHADIflags
?
#SaveIndianNationalFlag
. Retract amendment to the Flag Code immediately.
@PMOIndia
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The battle between farmers groups and PepsiCo & other such Cos. moves now from the judiciary to the government’s next actions.
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Several good announcements in Tamil Nadu agriculture budget which are pro-farmer and pro-nature: millet and pulse procurement, separate organic farming division & budget, investment on uzhavar santhai, traditional paddy conservation movement etc. etc. Way to go,
@mkstalin
!
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Stop this atrocity against farmers.
#KisanKrantiYatra
Kisan Kranti Yatra LIVE: Farmers Stage Sit-In at Delhi-UP Border After Clash With Cops, Out of Food and Water
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"Suicides by male farmers are often under the influence of intoxicants and hence, impulsive. But women commit suicide only when they have exhausted every option available, in absolute despair."
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Nowhere are farmers being given permits to take their material to buyers, whereas seed, fertiliser and pesticide dealers are getting special permits to continue with their dhandha! This is how government works. Always pro-industry, anti-farmer.
@nstomar
@PMOIndia
@vishwamTOI
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#HumDekhenge
- tomorrow Aug.20th, 10.30am. Here is a pic from Hyderabad today, from outside the High Court there.
#IStandWithPrashantBhushan
@pbhushan1
@_YogendraYadav
@kiranvissa
@SardarVm
@aviksahaindia
@ananthoo1
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Overwhelmed by the number of complimentary/ congratulatory messages pouring in not just from farmers but from urban middle class friends who have nothing to do with farming. This is about
@PepsiIndia
's PVP revocation. It shows how much citizens care about farmers! Gives me hope.
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This is so absolutely demonic! On Tajinder Virk in red turban here, the police actually lodged an FIR, can you believe it?? The Rakshas Raj of BJP.
#LakhimpurKheriMassacre
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'Intent Behind Farmer Bills is to Avoid Accountability for Ensuring Fair Price to Producers' via
@thewire_in
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Fellow Indians, WE DISCOVERED ILLEGAL BT BRINJAL BEING CULTIVATED IN THE COUNTRY, AND IT HAS ENTERED OUR FOOD CHAIN. Let’s save ourselves by asking
@moefcc
@drharshvardhan
to do what they are expected to do - stop GM brinjal in India.
#NoBtBrinjal
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MSP Jumla of
@AgriGoI
continues!
* Govt continues with A2+FL cost concept, not C2
* On Maize, increase of just Rs20/qtl
* MSP not realised by most farmers-legal guarantee needed
* PM-AASHA scheme has 100 Cr lower budget
* Increase does not match even inflation rate in many crops
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Modi govt official finally let it slip — doubling farmers’ income by 2022 was always a mirage.
"If there ever was a contest for super-jumla of the century, Doubling of Farmers’ Income would be among the top contenders."
via
@ThePrintIndia
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Major outcome from the Farmers' movement? BJP and even official channels like PMO India have stopped showing count of Likes and Dislikes of
#MannKiBaat
videos.
#KisanKiBaat
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#MigrantLivesMatter
- we need buses to ferry people from border to border within a state, some basic inter-state coordination - how difficult is that with our fleet of lakhs of buses in the country? No point in depending only on trains.
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‘‘Fools have to learn from their own mistakes where the wise learn from the fools’ mistakes and it looks like we don’t want to learn from what has happened in other countries,’’ concludes Kuruganti.
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.
@pbhushan1
's statement before the SC in the contempt case. Refusing to apologise for doing the right thing. Bravo. He stood up when many who were meant to uphold Constitutional values shrunk away from their responsibilities.
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@2xFoodProdn
' advertorial in
@bsindia
is grossly incorrect, objectionable. Importantly, it's unscientific on pesticides, pest management, farmers & farming. Will pursue all options available incl. legal, and continue the struggle to promote Sustainable Agriculture & safe food.
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#FarmersNoConfidence
Several political party leaders joined farmers in their No Confidence Sabha. It was a uniform vote of no confidence
@aikscc
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@AamAadmiParty
@msisodia
: U've done right thing to ask Centre not to proceed with GM mustard. It IS unconstitutional! & GMOs r unsafe!Thanks
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When we saw amendments in Essential Commodities Act 2020 & also exemptions made, we immediately saw/said that this was to accommodate Adani business. Kisan Andolan also pointed this out. Here's now evidence that they asked for it and got it!!
@reporters_co
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Kerala to move Supreme Court against farm Bills
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पंजाब के किसानों ने आंदोलन स्थगित नहीं किया । केवल ट्रेनों को चलाने की अनुमति दी गई है। लाखों की संख्या में पंजाब के किसान 26 -27 को दिल्ली कूच करेंगे.
#DilliChalo
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Protest against GM HT mustard in Chennai today by hundreds of citizens.
#NoGMMustardPoison
@byadavbjp
@PMOIndia
@NitishKumar
@Devinder_Sharma
@drvandanashiva
@MahuaMoitra
@SumanSahai
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How is this even allowed? Are these officers or street goondas?
@PMOIndia
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Huge rally against anti people anti farmer ordinances and bills in Bangalore.
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I condemn the arrest of Disha Ravi, climate activist, by Delhi Police in the "toolkit case". She should be released immediately!
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Tomorrow, on 5 routes of the capital of India, thousands of farmers will march in their
#DilliChalo
. They are demanding that a Special Session of Parliament be called, for passing the two
#KisanMuktiBills
on Freedom from Indebtedness & Guaranteed Remunerative Prices.
@PMOIndia
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Today is
#MahilaKisanDiwas
! Let's celebrate women farmers contribution and support
#WomenFarmers
fully.
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Well done,
@PiyushGoyal
ji. Staying out of RCEP is sensible and that should be our approach in future too.
#IndiaAgainstRCEP
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Absolutely objectionable decision by government of India.
#Soybean
prices have started softening after Govt allowed additional imports of 5.5 lakh ton of GM soyameal last week to help the poultry sector tide over high feed costs. Soybean prices have come down by ₹500-600 per quintal over the past week across various mandis in M.P !
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Ragi to be included in Odisha's PDS on a pilot basis. Way to go,
@Naveen_Odisha
! We need more production and consumption of millets, especially in states like Odisha, to tackle malnutrition, and revive farm livelihoods.
#Millets
#NutritionForSoilNutritionForPlate
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Thousands marched today from 5 different directions to Ramleela Maidan in Delhi in a historic
#KisanMuktiMarch
. Delhi got to see the people who keep the nation alive!
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"If Bapu lived in our times...". I am not sure about the social media communication from the Mahatma, but.....may be he would also have adopted "truth and reconciliation" a la South Africa?
@_YogendraYadav
via
@thetribunechd
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At Freedom Park in Bangalore, a large gathering of farmers, dalits and labourers against anti-people bills and ordinances of state and central governments.
#AntiFarmerBills
#AikyaHorata
@aikyahorata
@_YogendraYadav
as the keynote speaker here.
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#SaluteToIndiasFarmers
After French and Italian farmers extending their solidarity, it is now the turn of German farmers to support the protesting Indian farmers. Farmers from the Junge AbL and the AbL in Germany stand in solidarity to Farmers in India!
@Kisanektamorcha
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Happy to be the Guest Editor of Patrika, this Sunday. Please do read the stories that day on a theme selected by me. :)
@rajpatrika
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One of the most positive-energy-filled souls around....
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Deforestation for Parsa mining starts, activists claim 2 lakh trees will be axed
This will be the biggest
#deforestation
carried out in India in age of climate crisis. 2 lakh trees are to be axed for coal mining!!
#ClimateEmergency
via @
@riteshmishraht
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I have seen girl babies being sold in Nalgonda in Telangana a couple of decades ago. Unless society as a whole, and communities don't introspect and change themselves and until basic entitlements do not reach everyone, things won't change. Quite tragic.
Some decades ago, the nation felt outraged when journalist Ashwini Sareen of
@IndianExpress
bought Kamla. This report today in
@DainikBhaskar
-- Girls being sold openly in Udaipur villages, and often by parents themselves -- should strike at our collective conscious.
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Villages in Tamil Nadu pass Gram Sabha resolutions against GM Mustard....
#NoGMMustardPoison
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I am a proud
#andolanjeevi
and am proud to be serving those who feed us and keep us alive, our annadatas.
#Indebted2Farmers
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As we walk into "Azadi ki Amrit Mahotsav", two days from our Independence Day,
@tmkrishna
beautifully reminds us all about Our Constitution & its Preamble. In the Bangalore concert this evening.
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