29-Year-Old Amarjeet Kaur Farms, Studies And Takes Care Of Her Family All By Herself
There are Farmers' protests going on outside the national capital against the new farms' bill passed by the Indian government. The movement is making a lot of headlines. While all this is ongoing, the story of, 29-year-old Amarjeet Kaur, living in Adhoy town of Ambala needs to be told. When she was 18 years old, her father became sick and was bedridden. Amarjeet¡¯s family was totally dependent on farming as a means of livelihood. That¡¯s when she d...Read More
There are farmers' protests going on outside the national capital against the new farms' bills passed by the Indian government and the movement is making headlines. While all this is going on , the story of, 29-year-old Amarjeet Kaur, living in Adhoy town of Ambala needs to be told. When she was 18-years-old, her father became sick and was bedridden. Amarjeet¡¯s family was totally dependent on farming as a means of livelihood. It was then that hen she decided to take care of the farm and her family all by herself.
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It is the result of Amarjeet's hard work that today her brother completed his studies and is working in a government job. Apart from this, farmers from their village and surrounding areas also come to Amarjeet to take advice on what kinds of crops to grow and what kind of fertilizers to use.
In December 2007, Amarjeet's father became ill and the family was faced with multiple crises at the same time. In that situation, Amarjeet took over the responsibility of farming. She gets up at five in the morning everyday and goes to the fields to feed the cattle and then spends the entire day working the land.
From the age of 18, she has been doing everything from sowing to harvesting the crop. Not just this, she also takes the crop to the market to sells it herself. No wonder then that the villagers call her ¡®Lady Farmer¡¯.
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But most importantly, amidst all this, Amarjeet continued her studies alongside farming and received a master's degree in Punjabi. She also does all the household work and drives the tractor too. Now she has also started organic farming.
Seeing Amarjeet's hard work, a delegation from the United States called on her to see the enduring work and praised her. This delegates inquired about the seeds she uses crops, pesticides, mandarins to be planted in the fields.
Her story is one of the many inspiring ones that needed to be told.
