As his new photo book KISAAN is released, Hark1karan talks about documenting one of the largest, most remarkable protests in human history: the Indian Farmers’ Protest of 2020–2021
Over subsequent months, people across India and the world supported their efforts remotely, taking to the streets of cities, including Punjabi diaspora hubs like London and Toronto, waving green and yellow union flags, staging events to raise money.
I usually capture things that I am a part of or have relationships with, so I guess that gives me a connection to what I’m taking photos of. It was a lot more immense than what it looks like on social media. It was crazy. And it was very real. Imagine having such ownership of your own destiny as a people. It puts things into perspective for me. Here in the UK, it’s like a fairytale, seeing what happened over there. And that’s not to say it was easy. I’m not romanticising anything, it was very difficult. But they were just doing it.
There is no relief from it, we’re stuck in it. Who can make that sacrifice? Who is gonna pay you if you don’t go to work? We’re so committed to this life. It’s very difficult to challenge the status quo. We can’t be effective unless we do it together, it’s not possible.showed me that you can stand up against things, you can change things. We have power, if we organise to use it.
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