Farmers Movement Archive

A teacher joins farmers, learns powerful life lessons

Tribune News ServiceJalandhar, December 29He doesn’t even belong to the farmer community but totally sympathies with the farmers. Kulwinder Singh, a teacher from Government School Mundi Cholian, is at the Singhu border, gleaning and learning many matters and affairs at the site.Since his arrival, which was on Monday night, Kulwinder has noticed one big thing, he says, “Chuttiya te lok baahar ghuman aande si, es vaar ohi lok kisan de support vich ethe aa rahe ne (people would visit various places amid this holiday season, but now scores are coming here to be with the farmers).” He’s planning to stay there till December 31. “It is such a surreal feeling here. I cannot express it in words. From children to elderly, aged above 85, are here and everyone has a smile on their face.”He also supported the movement by contributing Rs51,000 from Democratic Front Union Jalandhar. “Above anything else is the emotional support to the farmers. I am meeting, talking to them...listening to their stories, understanding every bit of it. I have never witnessed such a peaceful protest. It is an altogether different world here,” he shared.For him, the farmers are on par with the soldiers, who don’t care about anything, and are adamant that they won’t move until the government repeals the laws. “You will see plethora of people coming here who don’t have any relation with the farming. But what makes them come here is the feeling of belonging to these warriors who are now here for a month and still staying patient and calm,” he added.“Insaaniyat dis rahi hai ethe (I can see humanity here in the people who are coming from far-flung areas),” the teacher shared.

The Tribune

2020-12-30