On this December morning, a cold and misty dawn rises over a convoy of tractors and trailers on Rohtak road, the highway that leads to New Delhi.
It is barely 8 am, but the farmers who block this access road on the edge of the capital are already up.
In an atmosphere of campers, we prepare breakfast, we chat, we stroll in small groups without wearing a mask despite the coronavirus.
The caravan stretches for kilometers, they are thousands.
And they will only pack their bags if the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeals the liberalization of the agricultural sector.
Sitting in a tent with a handful of comrades, a stone's throw from the police barricades, Dharmender Hooda displays the patience of the peasant who awaits the harvest after sowing.
“
We came with our families and six months of food,” proclaims this man in his thirties, short hair and beardless face.
We will block the capital until we are heard
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