When nearly 50,000 farmers marched into Mumbai from the rural interiors of Maharashtra, they captured national and international attention for their demands of ownership of their traditional lands under the Forest Rights Act, higher minimum support prices for crops and waiving of loans.
The farmers arrived in the financial capital on 11 March, carrying red flags emblazoned with the symbol of the sickle and hammer. They had covered 180 km on foot from Nashik, rallying under the banner of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS).
There were traditional farmers and adivasis, many of whom marched almost without food. . .
