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Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

DEVJYOT GHOSHAL and ADNAN ABIDI THOUSANDS of Indian farmers protesting against agricultural reforms breached barricades on yesterday to enter the historic Red Fort complex in the capital and hoist flags after clashing with police, who fired tear gas to scatter them. Growers, angered by laws they say help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have camped outside New Delhi for almost two months, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014. The body of one protester draped in an Indian tricolour lay in a central Delhi street after…
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India’s ‘invisible’ women hope for recognition at farmers protests

India’s ‘invisible’ women hope for recognition at farmers protests

ROLI SRIVASTAVA LEGIONS of women have trekked to India's capital to join massive protests against agricultural reforms, hoping not only to protect their livelihoods but also win visibility as farmers. About 75% of rural women in India who work full-time are farmers, Oxfam says, with numbers rising as men migrate to work in factories and construction sites. Yet farming is still widely seen as men's work and only 13% of women own the land they till. "Women are never counted as farmers ... we are always counted as housewives, but not workers," said Sunita Rani, 39, who owns a farm…
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