From the Chairman’s desk

Friends,
It has been two years since we came out of hibernation in our post retirement life. Credit goes to a few friends who were socially more alive than others. The event was such that if one had a milk of human kindness, one was made to think of the merits and demerits of the struggle. A struggle of David with the Goliath.

“Parasites” on one hand and on the other hand a power drunk government, friend of the rich. The rich, who had grown even richer in the Covid-19 times, had tons of money and desire for new sectors to invest in. Target was land, profession of agriculture. The ill intention was visible straightway. A deprived section of society which continues to bear the burden of maintaining the consumer price line for Indians even though the cost of agriculture inputs was rising almost daily, took no time to see through the “intention’  and raise the alarm.

As the bugle sounded, we all did well to wake up to the struggle and join in. We went to Singhu border with our offering of support in various ways and spoke clearly in their favour – from stages of farmers, through seminars, talks on social media, interviews and whatever was possible and was within our means. Veterans (Brigadiers and Colonels) joined the struggle and so did retired officers of various civil and uniformed services. We had  Sardar J. S. Toor’s book on ” black laws” in Punjabi translated into English and then distributed far and wide in the country to educate the people about the issues at stake. We were so fired up that we forgot our age, our debilitation and even horrid Covid-19.
 
We even enlarged that canvas of the struggle. We pointed out that beware; it is not only food security of the country that is threatened but also the security of India because sentinels of the country come from the households of farmers and kirtis. Ultimately these connections became evident to the ruling dispensation . ….Read more