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Farmers' IT cell at Ghazipur border provides English subtitles for online speeches to spread message widely

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 2/25/2021 11:10:39 AM

New Delhi, Feb 24 Farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders for almost three months now. But the main challenge, they say, is to turn the agitation into a pan-India movement. Most farmers' leaders are of the view that despite all their efforts through kisan panchayats and mahapanchayats in several states, the message is not percolating well, especially in southern part of the country. Hence, they are thinking of new ways to send the message to grassroots. While several mechanisms are being thought about how to make it a more inclusive agitation, but so far, the organisers haven't been successful. The reason is a language barrier. But now, farmers have found a new way of sending the message across masses and even in states which are yet not connected with the movement. Farmers' leader Jagtaar Singh Bajwa tells India Today TV, "Most of our leaders deliver their speeches in either Hindi or Punjabi. It is difficult to make people in non- Hindi speaking states understand their language. Hence, we are now posting all important speeches with English subtitles." The decision was not quite easy as there are several local dialects and providing transcripts in regional languages is not an easy job.