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More than 40 per cent of India's entire population relies on agriculture for their livelihoods, but the industry is rife with poverty. Agriculture expert Devinder Sharma said that's because most crops are already sold at market value. "We have deliberately kept agriculture impoverished," Mr Sharma said. "We have denied the farmers their rightful price for decades, and so the farmers' anger has been building up over the years." Many farmers in India also work relatively small plots of land, when compared to Australia or the United States. Small landowners fear they will be bought out by big corporations including Adani, which has caused controversy in Australia over its Carmichael coal mine. Protest leaders this week said they would boycott services and facilities owned by Adani and another Indian conglomerate, Reliance. "In the long term, [Mr Modi is] going to take our lands away," said Amar Singh, president of the Sikh charity Turbans 4 Australia. "Because of this land people are able to send their kids overseas to study. "The youth unemployment in India is astronomical. What's going to happen when the family farm is taken away?"

'Why Indian farmers are protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farming reforms', ABC News

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Amar Singh was most commonly known by his stage name, Amar Singh Chamkila. He was a popular Punjabi musician and composer along with his wife, Amarjot Kaur. Amar’s songs focused on the gritty realities of everyday life. He sung about affairs, drug addictions, alcoholism and other toxic aspects of Punjabi masculinity. He was often referred to as the “Elvis of Punjab.”

While Amar was in his prime in the 1980s, Punjab was in a state of strife and terror. The Khalistan insurgency was at its peak and assassinations and bombings were a common occurrence. A number of criminals would use the Khalistan movement as a cloak to cover their own crimes. Due to his controversial songs, Amar had a number of enemies. Nevertheless, at his peek, Amar was performing three shows a day. As his popularity soared, he and Amarjot started to your Canada, USA, Dubai and Bahrain.

On a sunny afternoon on the 8th of March, 1988, Amar, Amarjot, and several members of their entourage pulled their van up to perform their concert at Meshampur Village in Jalandhar. Moments later, a group of motorcyclists pulled up alongside them and started to open fire. One member of the entourage ran to a nearby field and witnessed one of the gunmen empty his gun into Amarjot and then Amar. He said he also saw them shoot dead another member of the entourage who had begged for his life. Amar, Amarjot and two other band members died at the scene.

Nobody was ever arrested for the murders but theories have abounded. One theory is that they were killed by Khalistani militants for singing songs that were explicit. Another theory is that they were killed in an honour killing by a family member who wanted to preserve their family name from cultural slander. Some even speculated that they may have been killed by a musical rival who wanted to wipe out the leading competition.

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★ Cool Chap…Salman Khan with Amar Singh Make-up artist at Mehboob Studio ( Dec 22, 2019)!

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Farming in Punjab is more than a source of income. "In Punjab, the only culture is agriculture," Mr Sharma said. "Punjab is not only the food bowl of the country, but everything that Punjab does is linked to agriculture." Farmers currently enjoy minimum prices for wheat and rice, crops that are predominantly grown in Punjab and Haryana. They fear the floor prices for wheat and rice will be scrapped. Many are now pushing for stronger price controls. In the past two weeks protests have been held across Australia in support of the strikes. Turbans 4 Australia is one of a coalition of Indian diaspora groups involved in organising Australian protests. "We are concerned about the human rights abuse of peaceful protesters being showered with water cannons and tear gas cannons. After the Sikhs led the charge, everyone joined in," Mr Singh said. Samar Kohli, who organised a protest in Sydney's Martin Place, said while he's been in Australia for 20 years, this issue "hit close to home". "We all have families back in Punjab, we all have families that are into farming. [Scott] Morrison needs to listen as well. There are a lot of things happening in India that will eventually affect Australia." Mr Kohli said that Adani — a major donor of Mr Modi's BJP which has mining interests in Australia — was strongly in favour of the reforms. "There have been continuous human rights violations in India, [but Mr Morrison] hasn't raised his voice," Mr Kohli said.

'Why Indian farmers are protesting against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's farming reforms', ABC News