But the small and medium Indian farmers have shown a kind of resilience unprecedented in recent history. Also read: Farmers' protests in India turn into a tidal wave of angerBut some of this propaganda seems to have backfired. Said Sukhvinder Singh from Manuka village, Hanumangarh, Punjab, who is also a short film-maker: “Farmers are not illiterate. Three women were martyred, and seven or eight farmers died, while thousands of farmers courted arrest. With each passing day and as temperatures dip, the throng of farmers at the protest sites only seems to be growing.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2020 00:31 UTC