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Student Struggle Editorial Team New Delhi: The Central Executive Committee of the Students’ Federation of India has given a call

"This flag is like home to me, what else can I possibly cling to in times of distress?" says Sushil Das, a small peasant and AIKS activist from Howrah, while chanting "Inquilab Zindabad" slogans on the way from Singur to Kolkata, participating in arguably one of the greatest of marches organised in recent times under the red flag.

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December, 2018December, 2022 Srijan Bhattacharyya

Singur To Rajbhaban: The War Cry Of Rural Bengal

Singur to Kolkata, a route that shows only 52 kms in map, but anyone who keeps track of Bengal politics will tell you that it is a longer road – one that led Mamata Banerjee to the helms of power after decades of destructive attempts.

A Nation Indebted to Farmers to Join Kisan Mukti March

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December, 2018December, 2022 Vijoo Krishnan

A Nation Indebted To Farmers To Join Kisan Mukti March

However, four years down the lane, the Prime Minister and the ruling BJP which were beneficiaries of the support of the farmers and the rural poor are today at the receiving end of massive protests and farm unrest. For the first time the agrarian crisis and farm unrest is catching the attention of the media and the intelligentsia as well as the middle classes.