Posts Tagged ‘1907 Pagri Sambhal Jutta’
Dear Friends,
The physical book begins with me being at the farmer and labour union ‘rail roko’ against the government’s apathy (berukhi) at the white fly infestation which destroyed the cotton crop in the south of Panjab. I am deeply conscious how different my story would have been if I had started not in October 2015 but October 2020.
That is how Panjab humbles you. As soon as you believe you got Panjab, it shows you another side. Panjab is asymmetrical, eclectic, ancient beyond history and forever new. After all, Panjab is the Indus Valley Civilization, independent of the Orient and the Occident, yet a gateway to both. I learnt not to conclude Panjab. I learnt to accept Panjab and be accepted by Panjab.
This is what Delhi does not get.
Thank you Pheroze L. Vincent from The Telegraph, for quoting from the book, for talking with me, Chaman Lal ji and Labh Singh ji on how the current protests echo the ‘Pagri Sambhal Jutta’ protests which Panjab won against the British.
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