On the morning of December 7, Bhavana More spoke to her husband Ajay More on the phone. It had been 12 days since the 32-year-old farmer had left home, travelling 71 km from his village in Haryana’s Sonepat district to Singhu on the border with Delhi to join the protest against the Narendra Modi government’s three farm laws.
Since November 26, after their tractors and trolleys were stopped from entering Delhi, thousands of farmers from Punjab had set up camp in the village of Singhu. Over the next few days, farmers from Haryana poured in, and the gathering had swelled to lakhs.
Ajay More, a marginal farmer with an acre of land, wanted to be part of this massive uprising. “He used to say, ‘hum bhi jayenge, hum bhi kisan hain, hum bhi apne baare mein mangenge,’” said Bhavana More, 28. We will also go. We are also farmers and we will make our demands.
Concerned about the biting cold, Bhavana More had packed a coat and a quilt for her husband. After he reached…