Image courtesy Google New Delhi, the capital of India, the Heart of the Nation, is under siege. The city-state is held captive by around 150 to 300 thousand farmers from various states in India. These farmers are opposing the three Farm Acts passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. What are these Farm Acts? Why are these farmers protesting against these acts? I am not going to discuss them here. I am sure that the Government of India passed these acts with the intention of Farmers’ welfare. And I am also sure that Farmers may have some genuine concerns regarding these acts, which they are afraid of, hence the protests. However, what I would like to point out is the new trend in our country. Protesters are holding the capital to ransom and disrupt the lives of people living here. As witnessed in the Shaheen Bagh protests, where a sit-in protest led to a blockade of a six-lane highway, for 101 days, from 11 December 2019 till 24 March 2020, a new disruptive form of protest ra
Thoughts from a conscious mind!