Forgetting their domestic challenges back at home, the women farmers stood firm at Azad Maidan
Women of all ages too were a part of the thousands of farmers that thronged the arterial roads of Mumbai on Sunday and Monday. Forgetting their domestic challenges back at home, the women farmers stood firm at Azad Maidan, unfazed by heat and fatigue, determined not to give up until their demands were met.
One such farmer was 35-year-old Sangita Gotiram Shinde from Dindore in Nashik who made the tough choice of leaving behind her paralytic husband and two school-going children to support the statewide protest that began on March 6. "My husband has been bedridden ever since he suffered two paralytic attacks in the same year. He is unable to work so I run the household to support my children who are in school. Being away from home for almost a week means a loss of pay that will result in a financial dent but I made that choice for the future of my children," said Shinde.
Sitabai Padvi, 30, left behind her 18-year-old daughter and in-laws so that she could accompany her husband Ramdas in the long march. "My daughter just appeared for her board exams and I should have been with her but this is more important that anything else right now," she said.
Despite the cracks on her feet, 85-year-old Kamil Buhota joined the #KisanLongMarch from Palghar with a stick in her hand. "If I don't fight for my rights, who will?" she said. Given the current circumstances, Buhota believes women too have to use their might along with the men to assert their collective pressure over the government.
...as their kids sit for SSC, HSC exams
Ashvini Gangurde, whose daughter is appearing for SSC in Dindori, said, “I sent my daughter to her aunt’s place as I came for the march with my husband. She tends to get nervous but I have asked her to be brave as we are fighting our battle with the government.” Appa Shankar Gharmale’s daughter is appearing for HSC exams in Vani Taluka. “Pradnya is a class topper and wants to be a Chartered Accountant but we are not sure if we can afford it.”
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