Dec 11th: Culmination of the Yatra in Delhi at Raj Ghat Gandhi Darshan
Contact: Kiran Vissa 09701705743, Nayani Nasa 09999778674; 9.30am: Yatris and participants will pay respects at the Gandhi Samadhi, Raj Ghat Day’s events... Read More
Dec 11: Sonia Gandhi will meet Yatra delegation!
The Kisan Swaraj Yatra has reached Delhi after the grueling 71-day journey around India, through 20 states, and events in 100 districts!... Read More
December 10th 2010: Yatra back in Haryana on the 70th day
10.30 am onwards: Farmers’ Meeting in Khori campus of SCRIA, Rewari district of Haryana Contact: Sunderlal, 09996022534 05.00 pm: Public meeting in... Read More
December 10th 2010: LAST DAY OF THE YATRA, BEFORE REACHING RAJGHAT; OUR SECOND PHASE IN HARYANA; WE FINALLY REACH RAJGHAT AT 11.30 PM ON DEC. 10TH 2010, ON THIS LONG “SABARMATI TO RAJGHAT” TRIP
We spent the night in the SCRIA campus in Khori village, Rewari district, Haryana. It was a wonderfully-maintained campus, probably one of those very rare NGO campuses where order and discipline rules! It was a beautiful winter morning that we woke up to, pretty yellow fields of mustard greeting us in the morning mist. We were told that breakfast would be served at 9.15 am and believe it or not, we could set our clocks to the time when it was actually served, to the second! No plastic cups or plates in sight and it was a great relief! We had a quick round of discussions in the bus, using the public address system within the mike. Each Yatri shared with the others their 3 main “take-aways” from the entire Yatra - what did they learn, what did they find striking, what is the strongest impression that they are carrying right now and so on. It was a very efficient forty minutes in which this was done. A separate blog has to carry the gist of what was said during those forty minutes, of course. More...
December 9th 2010: In Jaipur district, on the last day in Rajasthan
We left quite early from SWRC campus in Jawaja this morning – hot water was arranged by some of the Yatris on... Read More
DECEMBER 8th 2010: IN JODHPUR AND AJMER DISTRICTS
One team continued on its route towards Jaipur by participating in events in Jodhpur and Ajmer districts today. The dak bungalow that we stayed in was a typical government place, badly run and with rats running around amongst the mattresses put in a cramped fashion in a small hall. More...
December 7th 2010: In Bikaner, Nokha, Nawalgarh and other places in Rajasthan
We began our day in biting cold. The Urmul Sethu campus that we stayed in was a large campus with buildings scattered at a distance from each other. The earlier night (night, morning?), when we reached the campus at midnight, there was hot food waiting for us. Given that we all had to skip our lunch in the afternoon, no one minded eating at that time of the day! More...
December 6th 2010: First Day in Rajasthan – Yatra covers long distances to reach out to citizens in Dhaban village, Hanumangarh town, Ganganagar town and in Gharsana village
The day began at 3 am, as per plan. There was not enough hot water nor was it hot enough; however, Mandeep Singh Dhaliwal’s (a Punjabi engineer who returned from New Zealand after a bout of chronic illness to take up natural farming here) wonderful tea made up for the little practical problems related to waking up so early and taking a cold bath in Rajasthan in the middle of winter. More...
December 8th 2010: Kisan Swaraj Yatra
Group A: 11 am : Neem ka Thana Meeting / or travel to the illegal affected mining villages 2 pm : Kotputli... Read More
December 7th 2010: Second Day in Rajasthan
11 am: Press Conference in Bikaner Group A: 12.30 pm: Farmers’ Meeting in Nokha Group B: 12 noon : Meeting in Dungargarh... Read More