Mentions articles from newspapers to give it authenticity

Aakanksha N Bhardwaj

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 25

Amarveer Kaur (17) from Dasuya, Hoshiarpur, has made her presence felt everywhere, including overseas with her book ‘Inquilab 2020’.

The book features various events of farmers’ protest so that future generations can read about the struggle of the farming community. This book is based on research conducted on the Indian Peasants Movement (Kisan Ekta Morcha) from September 2020 to December 2020.

In the book, Amarveer has mentioned articles and edits from various newspapers to give it authenticity and more weightage. She has documented day-to-day events and remembers all dates by heart.

The 17-year-old has also mentioned other issues, which are prevalent in Punjab. Amarveer, who initially planned to write the book in Punjabi, said, “In Punjab, we all know what is going on. This is not only for us, but for those who reside abroad as well.”

An excerpt from the book reads: “Farmers are struggling since September 15 against agricultural ordinances (now laws), the fear of which shall snatch their livelihood in the coming decade. The year 2020, proved to be one of the worst years of civilisation. It did no good, but eventually gave momentum to the farmers’ revolution of 2020. Farmers have stood against the injustice for almost 73 years after Independence and before. It is one of the most revolutionary movement in which, not only men, but women participated, along with poor and rich, young and old. In my words, it’s going to be the most dramatic revolution in an independent democratic rule, where, representatives of people try to become rulers and henceforth, plan to become dictators.”

She said she was trying to know and understand the world and things around both analytically and emotionally.

An allrounder

• Amarveer Kaur (in pic) studies in Class XII (non-medical stream). Since her very first step into the school, she has been taking part in debates, declamations and sporting activity
• She secured 91.6 per cent in Class X and participated in state-level games. In 2017, she bagged gold and bronze medals in swimming competition during Punjab State Games (Khelo India School Games)
• The momentum continued in 2018 and she was again selected for state-level games. Apart from swimming, she loves to play chess