Flying kites to stop tears.

"Indian police have used tear gas and water cannon for a second day to stop farmers demanding minimum crop prices from marching on the capital Delhi. The capital is ringed by razor wire, cement blocks and fencing on three sides to block their entry." BBC. "Traveling on trucks and trolleys loaded with food, bedding and other supplies, the farmers began their 'Delhi Chalo' (Let's go to Delhi) march on Tuesday (13 February) morning after talks with the government failed to yield a commitment on minimum prices for a range of crops. Security forces stopped the farmers at the Shambhu border that divides Punjab and Haryana - the northern states to which most of the farmers belong - almost 200 km (125 miles) from their destination." Reuters. "The Haryana police started firing tear gas shells at the protesters as they reached the Shambhu border two hours after their march started." "Dilli chalo" was the slogan of Subhash Chandra Bose as he led his Indian National Army (INA) against the British Occupation of India. Vedantu. Our lot have learnt from the British. In 2022, "Singapore... declared its iconic green site Padang, from where Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose gave the slogan of 'Delhi chalo' in July 1943, as its 75th national monument as the city-state celebrates its 57th National Day." NDTV. "The Delhi government, meanwhile, rejected the Centre's request to convert Bawana stadium into a makeshift jail in case the farmers come inside Delhi." HT. Corral them like cattle and then what? Starve the farmers or shoot them as in Jallianwala Bagh on 13 April 1919 (wikipedia). The possibilities are endless. As a counter against tear gas "an unconventional strategy emerged on the ground as protesting farmers flew kites to counter drones employed by the government to drop tear gas canisters on them." "This ingenious strategy involves utilising the long strings of kites to entangle the rotors of the drones, potentially causing them to crash." NDTV. Despite serious violence by the BJP governments in Haryana and at the center, the farmers did achieve a degree of success as "Videos shared by news agencies showed vehicles stuck in jam at the Delhi-Gurugram border due to the restriction of traffic movement along the borders." HT. The town of Gurugram in Haryana would have been virtually cut off. Cutting off your nose to spite your face. wikipedia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to procure farm produce at 50% more than Minimum Support Price and double farmers' income by 75 years of Independence in 2022. The Wire. Instead, the government undercuts the price of grains by providing free food grains to 813.5 million people (pib,gov.in) and banning exports of food grains (CNBC). Tear gas instead of cash. And, cash for police, razor wire and drones.