It was a slightly slow day for us and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The earlier night, we drove down from a festive Mumbai down to the Yusuf Meherally Centre campus in Tara and had an early night after a long time (mind you, an early night was 11 pm!). More...

10:30 am : Protest against KVK against Bt Brinjal testing 12 pm : Meeting with villagers of mining – affected village Colomba, Sanguem

9 am : Shram daan for Bapu kuti 11 am : Public meeting in Yusuf meherally center, Tara, Panvel, Raigad Dist.

Mumbai/New Delhi, October 17, 2010: On the fifteenth day of its pan-Indian bus tour for the cause of “Food, Farmers & Freedom”, the Kisan Swaraj Yatra organized by Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA) reached Mumbai today to a warm welcome. In an event to pay homage to Gandhiji at Mani Bhawan, the Yatris were welcomed by famous Bollywood personalities Rakeysh Mehra and Atul Kulkarni (of Rang de Basanti fame), Dr Shanti Patel and Dr G G Parikh, both of whom are well-known freedom fighters. More...

On October 16th 2010, the Kisan Swaraj Yatra reached Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district, the renowned village of Anna Saheb Hazare, a rare Gandhian activist who transformed his village into a village which combined development with environment conservation, particularly of water resources. More...

In the morning, one team of Kisan Swaraj Yatra members will interact with citizens of Mumbai at Prithvi Theatre before the screening of “Girija ke... Read More

Jalna (Maharashtra)/New Delhi, October 15, 2010: On the eve of the World Food Day and on the thirteenth day of its pan-Indian outreach tour on “Food, Farmers & Freedom”, Kisan Swaraj Yatra reached Jalna in Maharashtra today and members asserted the need for seed sovereignty as an integral part of food security and sovereignty in the country. Here, hundreds of farmers and activists made a bonfire of GM seeds and protested against corporations like Mahyco, one of Monsanto’s arms in India. More...

We interacted with farmers, media and agriculture scientists in Vidarbha today. After attending a 4.45 am prayer at Bapu Kuti in Sevagram, we set off for Akola town. After reaching Akola, we headed straight for Dr Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth. Here, we met with the Dean Dr E.R. Patil, who listened to our brief presentation in the Kisan Swaraj Yatra and also to the delegation’s request to the Agriculture University to work on straight line varieties only and to not take up any GM research. More...