ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「In the cold and rain, India’s farmers continue to press their stand against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effort to decrease government protections of agriculture. For six weeks now, tens of thousands of farmers have choked the capital’s four main entry points with camps that have become virtual cities unto themselves, using donations and their own organizational skills to help their battle. Women bake roti on wood-fired griddles. Men prepare hot milk spiced with turmeric and cloves — good for the cold, good for the day’s exhaustion. Music, games and free stuff — like fried snacks, thermal underwear and bottles of almond hair oil — can be found at every corner. Many of the farmers are Sikh, and they said their beliefs and sense of tradition had helped them make the sacrifices to sustain the protests. The protesters are demanding that Modi repeal recent farming laws that would minimize the government’s role in agriculture and open more space for private investors. The government says the new laws will unshackle farmers and private investment, bringing growth. Farmers are skeptical, fearing that the removal of state protections they already consider insufficient will leave them at the mercy of corporate greed. “They sold everything else. Only the farmers are left,” said 18-year old Ajay Veer Singh, who has been at the protest with his 67-year-old grandfather since it began in November. “Now they want to sell the farmers to their corporate friends, too.” Tap the link in our bio for more about one of the largest sustained protests the country has had in decades, one that has persisted through steady rains and dozens of deaths that farmers and the Indian media have attributed to the weather, illness or suicide. Photos by @khandelwal_saumya」1月11日 23時17分