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for more than a month
now thousands of farmers have been
protesting
on the outskirts of the indian capital
delhi
the single border has become the
epicenter of the protests
old and young men and women
who continue to brave the bitter cold
and rain
and refuse to back down
and i've come to spend a night at the
cinco border
i'm not here to debate the laws which
have angered the farmers
i'm here to simply understand what keeps
them going
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is a former soldier in the indian army
he says he's unfazed because he has
fought
battles in much harsher terrains
it
in september last year the government
passed three
farm laws that lose in rules on how
crops are produced
stored and sold the laws
allow private players a greater role and
that sparked
farmers fears that they will lose
decades-old concessions
and be left to fend for themselves at
the mercy of the free market
so on 26 november farmers from punjab
and haryana states
marched to delhi they clashed with
police firing tear gas
but that did not stop them laying siege
to the capitol
women too have joined the protest since
then
suanjit
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since november the protest sites have
turned into many settlements
at singhu where i am farmers wake up at
the crack of dawn to prepare meals for
themselves
and all those who have gathered in
support regardless of religion caste or
gender
entire families are part of the protests
and this includes
the college-going children of farmers
some of them say
they are struggling to keep up with
studies
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you keep hearing that it's not just a
farmer's protest
that it's collective resistance
there have been reports of farmers dying
during the protests
so in honor of them no celebrations were
held
on new year's eve but protesters
do have a wish list for
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