In her friends' circle, Ishwinder Kaur is popularly known as ‘French Kaur’
Mohali sculpture Parwinder Singh establishes statues of Sikh martyrs
..."I won't get food if farmers can't grow and sell food," said Lil Ray Ray, of Wolverhampton, who has 26,000 followers on an Instagram account run by his father DJ Nicku.
And The Indomitable Spirit Of The People
Navpal Singh arrived in India on Monday and has been travelling between Singhu and his ancestral village in Punjab's Jalandhar every day since.
Women of all occupations and ages -- from those who tend cattle or toil in the fields, to city professionals and grandmothers in wheelchairs -- are braving the freezing winter temperatures in a bid to make the government withdraw market reforms.
Such approaches are not new and have been tried in other countries.
The protest has entered its 39th day today, despite heavy rain and harsh winter. Their tents were waterlogged, and firewood and blankets soaked, but they refuse to relent.
Even in the most hateful regimes, there are individuals who respond to the voice of their conscience. One such individual was Sher Mohammad Khan, the Nawab of Malerkotla, who protested against the death sentence pronounced on the young Sahibzadas
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