DH Toon | Farmers' stir goes international as hashtags trend
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Popular artist Rihanna tweeted on Feb. 2 about the farmers' protests in New Delhi, asking "why aren't we talking about this?" A day later, young climate activist Greta Thunberg took to Twitter to extend her support to farmers in India. A raging battle erupted on social media following these tweets and the hashtags #IndiaAgainstPropaganda and #IndiaTogether began to trend.