ABSTRACT
The recently revoked 2020 Indian farm bills had engendered massive farmer protests in multiple parts of the country, notably in Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur on the Delhi borders. A striking aspect of the protests was the strong and multifaceted involvement of women cutting across age, class and caste divides, and on a scale which was historically unprecedented. This chapter focuses on the participation of chiefly Punjabi and Haryanvi women at the Singhu and Tikri sites but also in their home states and explores their varied motivations and modes of participation. The chapter also contemplates on whether their participation experience has the potential to transform gender relations both at home and in the public sphere, especially since the majority of the women protesters hailed from deeply patriarchal states.
