Pinnis keep protesters warm

Sukhmeet Bhasin

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Tribune News Service

Bathinda, December 25

Several villages across Punjab are cooking and sending wholesome food every day for the protesting farmers at the Delhi border. Amid dropping temperatures, desi ghee and khoya pinnis are keeping the protesters warm at Delhi.

Residents of Naruana village have prepared 10 quintals of khoya pinni for the protesting farmers. Even, the womenfolk are ensuring men and children, who are away from homes, get their daily quota of pinni to keep them warm as they spend day and night in the open.

One pinni with hot milk is believed to keep a person healthy and warm amid the dropping temperatures. “A large number of elderly people are part of the protest and the pinnis are specifically prepared keeping their health in mind,” said farmer leader Harpreet Singh.

He said: “It’s our small contribution to the farmers’ protest. We will continue to help our brethren till this issue reaches its logical conclusion.”

Earlier, Amrik Singh Sandhu from Talwandi Madho in Jalandhar personally delivered 25 quintals of pinnis to the Kundli and Singhu borders. Meanwhile, Barnala district unit of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) sent five quintals of pinnis to the national capital on December 5.

Several other villages from Sangrur and Ropar districts dispatched tonnes of jaggery to Singhu and Tikri borders.