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The second day in Puducherry began on a note of surprise. The yatris were invited to the Raj Nivas for breakfast with the Governor. As we left our place of stay, St.Francis, Xavier church, Uppalam, the bus drove down the beach road paying witness to morning walkers and several young school children with their bags packed dressed in browns and blues. The welcoming French town off the road with its simple ambience soon opened its way into a poised new location where the Raj Nivas stood. More...

6.30 am : Planting of saplings by the Yatris at “Kudumbam” farm 10.00 am : Yatra reaches Salem and visits several villages affected by industrial pollution 3.00 pm : Press Conference 5.00 pm : Public... Read More

After an evening meeting with Chennai’ites the earlier day and a sumptuous millets-based dinner the earlier night, we started early on October 26th to reach Tiruvannamalai by 11 am for an interactive session with scores of farmers. For the first time in this Yatra, an overwhelming majority of farmers in any meeting said that they would like to continue in farming. More...

We set off for Chennai early this morning at 6 am. Though there were no breakdowns of the bus (thankfully! For now, the replaced tyres seem to be holding up), progress was very slow. For one thing, we did not get to pay the road taxes as soon as we entered Tamil Nadu on the Hosur Road. By now, it looks like these RTO checkposts at the border are designed to be invisible so that vehicles that go in unawares could be caught later and penalized. More...

8 am : Breakfast meeting of Yatris with the Governor of Puducherry 11.30 am : At Sirkazhi, meeting with farmers 1.30 pm to 2.30 pm : At Kumbakonam, public meeting 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm... Read More

10:30 am : Public meet in Tiruvannamalai Later short stop at Villupuram 4:00 pm : Meeting with CM Pondicherry 5:00 pm : Public meet at Singaravelar statue, Pondicherry