Non-violent protest is as critical to Buddhist training as is the training of the mind and body. Simply by showing up, it’s possible to spark change at the grassroots level.
“We’re farmers not harmers” agriculturists added. But, the authorities and media houses are representing them as a “terrorist” is it a right word for the folk who feeds the whole nation?
When an elderly Sikh farmer was featured in this segment he just addressed him as a farmer and praised his patience and resolution.
Gurpreet spoke of Mata Bhag Kaur, Mata Sharan Kaur, and Mata Sulakhni, as well as fighters from 1984, weaving stories of their resilience that she remembers for inspiration. “These Sikh women have fought hard and long battles and there are many such stories that I have grown up reading about.”
History has now been made in California which featured an ad endorsing the farmer's protest, happening in India's capitol of Delhi, before the media extravaganza of the Super Bowl. The yearly football championship is an American past-time where multi-national companies spend 10's of millions of dollar to grab the attention of the public at one of the greatest viewed events in American culture.
Not only has he brought awareness about the plight of the farmers to his 1million+ twitter followers, his $10,000 will surely be welcome to the charity organizations like Khalsa Aid at protests sites.
A crop of flowers in return of the police gesture for putting nails on our way
Sikhs have always gone out of our way to help those who we don't know or have any prior connection with. It is very heartening to think that we might also receive support (and hopefully at some point a full investigation from the UN) when authorities abuse their power over us.
A call for prayers for a peaceful resolution of the farmer's protest in Punjab.
Despite the slew of government propaganda, farmers have peacefully set up camp at the main borders where citizens have pulled together to provide safe drinking water, clean sanitary provisions as well as providing langar for whosoever wishes to partake in it.