Two women whose fathers were killed by Khalistanis on why they are protesting the farm laws
Harinder Bindu and Sonia Mann have become prominent faces at the ongoing farmers' movement. Both Bindu and Mann's fathers were gunned down by Khalistanis during the militancy in Punjab, in the early 1990s.
“What does this society think of women? This society’s Manusmriti, its religious institutions, and its other institutions, they think that ‘Women have no wisdom. They should be kept under our shoes,’” Bindu said. “But we say ‘No.’ Women are equal to men and they too have the right to struggle. For a life of equality, for a good life, they should fight.”
“They [the government] are the ones operating like terrorists,” Mann said. “They are the ones shooting cold water [from water canons] at us and our elders, throwing tear gas at them, and hurting them [elders].”
Shahid Tantray reports.
Camera by CK Vijayakumar and Tantray.
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