A few days on the ‘battlefield’
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Hassan chief of KPRS releases e book on what he noticed and skilled in the Capital throughout the farmers’ protest
H.R. Naveen Kumar, Hassan district president of Karnataka Pranta Raitha Sangha (KPRS), has come out with a e book ‘Kadana Kana’ (Battlefield), based mostly on his journey to Delhi to participate in the farm protest.
As a consultant of the KPRS, he stayed put with the protesters in Delhi for 10 days in January 2021. He spent his days interacting with the protesters, farm leaders and taking images of occasions at the Delhi borders. He selected to relate his experiences in addition to discussing the points that compelled the farmers to hit the streets in massive numbers in his e book.
“I did not travel to Delhi to write a book. It happened as the days went by. My plan was to take part in the protest as an activist, representing my organisation. As I started sharing my experience on a daily basis on social media platforms, friends suggested that I bring out a book”, mentioned Naveen, who hails from a farmer’s household of Narasipura close to Hassan.
Being a frontrunner of KPRS, Naveen has organised many protests on farm points. He had additionally been to jail following a protest in Hassan. But what he witnessed in Delhi was historic when it comes to the scale of individuals’s turnout and the points it concerned. “I called the book Kadana Kana because I felt I was on the battlefield. The powerful government has waged a war on its own citizens, fighting for just demands. I felt a mini-India is on the streets in Delhi protesting in the interest of the country’s future”, he mentioned.
The creator defined the preparations made by the organisers to maintain the protest so lengthy and the way the native folks had been extending their assist to the protesters. “Hundreds of residents of Delhi visit the protest sites in the weekend and interact with the protesters.”
When he was in Delhi, a few Ministers in Karnataka had ridiculed the protesters by calling them anti-nationals. Naveen mentioned he was upset with such statements. “As an activist, I wish to raise funds from the public to sponsor a trip for such politicians to Delhi. Let them spend a day with them and comeback. No person, who spends a day with the protesters in Delhi, would pass such a comment”, he opined.
The e book was launched in Hassan at a programme organised at the CITU workplace on Saturday. Senior journalist R.P.Venkateshamurthy; Professor in Political Science C. Suresh; activist and author K.S. Ravi Kumar; and district CITU president Dharmesh attended the programme.
The e book, revealed by Kriya Madhyama, is priced at ₹120.
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