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	'''''~~Troll~~ Times''''' is a four-page [[biweekly]] newspaper in [[Gurmukhi]] and Hindi founded on 18 ~~December~~ 2020 ~~representing~~ farmers ~~protesting~~ at the [[Delhi]]-[[Haryana]] border in response to alleged attempts by mainstream media to malign and misrepresent the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Ramani\|first=Priya\|date=December 23, 2020\|title=Trolley Times: The Country's Fastest-Growing Newspaper\|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/trolley-times-the-countrys-fastest-growing-newspaper\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 25, 2020\|website=BloombergQuint}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Singh, Mausami, and Harmeet Shah Singh\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=Trolley Times, I-T Cell: Farmers Swarm Digital Space\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trolley-times-it-cell-farmers-swarm-digital-space-1751150-2020-12-19\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=India Today}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Sircar, Sushovan.\|date=December 24, 202o\|title=Trolly Talkies: Farmers' 'Atmanirbhar' Alternative to Mass Media.\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/trolley-talkies-set-to-start-as-solidairty-through-art-culture-trolley-times\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=TheQuint}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Ravish\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=GODI MEDIA vs FARMERS {{!}}{{!}}🟠Trolley Times🟠{{!}}{{!}} GODI MEDIA ROAST// ft.Ravish Kumar//गोदी मीडिया ⚫\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnnJC9ZnycI\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=NDTV, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|last=The Logical Indian.\|date=December 22, 2020\|title=Trolley Times: Protesting Farmers Get Their Own Newspaper, 2020.\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSdJ9g0xCM\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=The Logical Indian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Akshay\|date=December 26, 2020\|title=जानिए, हम इन तीनों कानून को रद्द करने के लिए क्यों ऐसे खड़े हैं {{!}} Akshay Kumar {{!}}Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, 2020\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQkORaWiAA\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=Kisan Ekta Morcha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Shahjahanpur\|first=T. K. Rajalakshmi at Singhu, Ghazipur and\|title=Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/delhi-ncr-farmers-protests-border-over-new-farm-laws-intensifies/article33431687.ece\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Frontline\|language=en}}</ref>		'''''Trolley Times''''' is a four-page [[biweekly]] newspaper in [[Gurmukhi]] and [[Hindi]]. It was founded on December 18, 2020 to represent farmers at the [[Delhi]]-[[Haryana]] border protesting in response to alleged attempts by mainstream media to malign and misrepresent the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Ramani\|first=Priya\|date=December 23, 2020\|title=Trolley Times: The Country's Fastest-Growing Newspaper\|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/trolley-times-the-countrys-fastest-growing-newspaper\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 25, 2020\|website=BloombergQuint}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Singh, Mausami, and Harmeet Shah Singh\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=Trolley Times, I-T Cell: Farmers Swarm Digital Space\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trolley-times-it-cell-farmers-swarm-digital-space-1751150-2020-12-19\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=India Today}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\|last=Sircar, Sushovan.\|date=December 24, 202o\|title=Trolly Talkies: Farmers' 'Atmanirbhar' Alternative to Mass Media.\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/trolley-talkies-set-to-start-as-solidairty-through-art-culture-trolley-times\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=TheQuint}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Ravish\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=GODI MEDIA vs FARMERS {{!}}{{!}}🟠Trolley Times🟠{{!}}{{!}} GODI MEDIA ROAST// ft.Ravish Kumar//गोदी मीडिया ⚫\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnnJC9ZnycI\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=NDTV, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web\|last=The Logical Indian.\|date=December 22, 2020\|title=Trolley Times: Protesting Farmers Get Their Own Newspaper, 2020.\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSdJ9g0xCM\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=The Logical Indian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Kumar\|first=Akshay\|date=December 26, 2020\|title=जानिए, हम इन तीनों कानून को रद्द करने के लिए क्यों ऐसे खड़े हैं {{!}} Akshay Kumar {{!}}Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, 2020\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQkORaWiAA\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|website=Kisan Ekta Morcha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Shahjahanpur\|first=T. K. Rajalakshmi at Singhu, Ghazipur and\|title=Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience\|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/delhi-ncr-farmers-protests-border-over-new-farm-laws-intensifies/article33431687.ece\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Frontline\|language=en}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	The newspaper was started by a team of activists including: a freelance journalist; a film writer; a video director; two documentary photographers; a physiotherapist and a farmer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Service\|first=Tribune News\|title=Protesting farmers launch bilingual paper 'Trolley Times'\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/protesters-launch-trolley-times-186303\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Tribuneindia News Service\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Punjabi Music, Cinema and Trolley Times: An unusual harvest of farmers' protests\|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/punjabi-music-cinema-and-trolley-times-an-unusual-harvest-of-farmers-protests\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Free Press Journal\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC News\|first=Punjabi\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=Farmers ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ, "Trolley Times" ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੋਇਆ {{!}} 2020\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_fDYZkFTbY\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=January 17, 2021\|website=BBC NEWS PUNJABI}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal\|last=Bhasin\|first=Tanushree\|date=January 31, 2021\|title=How Cultural Initiatives Nurture Collective Activity at the Farmers’ Protests\|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/media/trolley-times-collective-activity-farmers-protests\|journal=The Caravan\|volume=January, 2021}}</ref> The first edition of the [[broadsheet]] was issued on 18 December 2020, the 23rd day of the protest. The first issue had a print order of 2,000 copies while the second issue had a print order of ~~5000~~.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />		The newspaper was started by a team of activists including a freelance journalist, a film writer, a video director, two documentary photographers, a physiotherapist, and a farmer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Service\|first=Tribune News\|title=Protesting farmers launch bilingual paper 'Trolley Times'\|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/protesters-launch-trolley-times-186303\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Tribuneindia News Service\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Punjabi Music, Cinema and Trolley Times: An unusual harvest of farmers' protests\|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/punjabi-music-cinema-and-trolley-times-an-unusual-harvest-of-farmers-protests\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Free Press Journal\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=BBC News\|first=Punjabi\|date=December 19, 2020\|title=Farmers ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ, "Trolley Times" ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੋਇਆ {{!}} 2020\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_fDYZkFTbY\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=January 17, 2021\|website=BBC NEWS PUNJABI}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal\|last=Bhasin\|first=Tanushree\|date=January 31, 2021\|title=How Cultural Initiatives Nurture Collective Activity at the Farmers’ Protests\|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/media/trolley-times-collective-activity-farmers-protests\|journal=The Caravan\|volume=January, 2021}}</ref> The first edition of the [[broadsheet]] was issued on 18 December 2020, the 23rd day of the protest. The first issue had a print order of 2,000 copies while the second issue had a print order of 5,000 copies.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

	== Objective ==		== Objective ==
	The objective of ''Trolley Times'' is to provide a platform to protesting ~~farmers~~ in response to the [[godi media]], which the farmers believe has deliberately misrepresented them and their concerns. It also provides hard copies for older farmers not familiar with digital and social media.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=The Wire\|date=January 8, 2021\|title=A Newspaper From the Farmer's Protest. Singhu Border, 2021\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gF035A9fg&feature=share\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=January 8, 2021\|website=The Wire}}</ref> The editors of ''Trolley Times'' have stated that the newspaper is run by volunteers<ref name="Chabba20210316">{{Cite web\|surname=Chabba\|given=Seerat\|date=2021-03-16\|title=India: Farmers' protests give way to new independent journalism\|url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317070416/https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017\|archive-date=2021-03-17\|work=[[DW News\|Deutsche Welle News]]\|department=Asia}}</ref> and operates 'without any political or monitory pressure'. They also stated that is not an official publication of the [[Samyukt Kisan Morcha\|Sanyukt Kisan Morcha]], the umbrella organization representing 40 farmer's unions.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bhandari\|first=Hemani\|date=2020-12-23\|title='Not official voice of farmers'\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/not-official-voice-of-farmers/article33397478.ece\|access-date=2020-12-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|last=Bajwa\|first=Harpreet\|date=December 18, 2020\|title=Rs 11000 Spent, 2000 Newsletters Printed: Trolley Times Rolls out for Protesting Farmers\|work=The New Indian Express\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/18/rs-11000-spent-2000-newsletters-printed-trolley-times-rollsout-for-protesting-farmers-2238060.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>		The objective of ''Trolley Times'' is to provide a platform to farmers protesting in response to the [[godi media]], which the farmers believe has deliberately misrepresented them and their concerns. It also provides hard copies for older farmers who are not familiar with digital and social media.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=The Wire\|date=January 8, 2021\|title=A Newspaper From the Farmer's Protest. Singhu Border, 2021\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gF035A9fg&feature=share\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=January 8, 2021\|website=The Wire}}</ref> The editors of ''Trolley Times'' have stated that the newspaper is run by volunteers<ref name="Chabba20210316">{{Cite web\|surname=Chabba\|given=Seerat\|date=2021-03-16\|title=India: Farmers' protests give way to new independent journalism\|url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317070416/https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017\|archive-date=2021-03-17\|work=[[DW News\|Deutsche Welle News]]\|department=Asia}}</ref> and operates 'without any political or monitory pressure'. They also stated that is not an official publication of the [[Samyukt Kisan Morcha\|Sanyukt Kisan Morcha]], the umbrella organization representing 40 farmer's unions.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bhandari\|first=Hemani\|date=2020-12-23\|title='Not official voice of farmers'\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/not-official-voice-of-farmers/article33397478.ece\|access-date=2020-12-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news\|last=Bajwa\|first=Harpreet\|date=December 18, 2020\|title=Rs 11000 Spent, 2000 Newsletters Printed: Trolley Times Rolls out for Protesting Farmers\|work=The New Indian Express\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/18/rs-11000-spent-2000-newsletters-printed-trolley-times-rollsout-for-protesting-farmers-2238060.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>

	== Content ==		== Content ==
	Trolley Times~~, its founder have said,~~ aims to provide news, and commentary, about the farmers movement to the participants and supporters ~~of the~~ farm movement ~~that~~ "stretches across 25-30 km and touches half a dozen borders".<ref name=":0" /> It also aims to be an alternative voice as the protestors have little faith in mainstream media.<ref name=":5" /> The first issue of the Trolley ~~times~~ had 'pictures, opinion pieces, editorials, poems, cartoons and speeches'.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|title=No faith in mainstream media, so protesting farmers publish their own newsletter\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/19/no-faith-in-mainstream-media-so-protesting-farmers-publish-their-own-newsletter\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>		The founders have said that ''Trolley Times'' aims to provide news and commentary about the farmers movement to the participants and supporters. The farm movement "stretches across 25-30 km and touches half a dozen borders".<ref name=":0" /> The paper also aims to be an alternative voice as the protestors have little faith in mainstream media.<ref name=":5" /> The first issue of the ''Trolley Times'' had 'pictures, opinion pieces, editorials, poems, cartoons, and speeches'.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|title=No faith in mainstream media, so protesting farmers publish their own newsletter\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/19/no-faith-in-mainstream-media-so-protesting-farmers-publish-their-own-newsletter\|access-date=2020-12-29\|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>

	"~~The~~ first page of the paper will carry the editorial as well as the daily developments and announcements, the second page will have photographs and artwork and the third page will have news and views from across the world in support of the farmers' agitation while the fourth page will be for light reading as it will have interesting events unfolding at the agitation sites such as wrestling matches between Punjab and Haryana or ~~classroom~~ set up to educate the poor students." ~~Ajay Natt said on 18 December.~~<ref name=":6" /> While there ~~was~~ apprehensions about regularly curating and creating content for the newspaper, there has been an overwhelming response with hundreds of people sending different types of content.<ref name=":5" />		Ajay Natt said on 18 December that "the first page of the paper will carry the editorial as well as the daily developments and announcements, the second page will have photographs and artwork and the third page will have news and views from across the world in support of the farmers' agitation while the fourth page will be for light reading as it will have interesting events unfolding at the agitation sites such as wrestling matches between Punjab and Haryana, or classrooms set up to educate the poor students."<ref name=":6" /> While there were apprehensions about regularly curating and creating content for the newspaper, there has been an overwhelming response with hundreds of people sending in different types of content.<ref name=":5" />

	The second edition featured reports and photographs from various protest sites, including [[Palwal]], Singhu, Ghazipur, [[Bikaner]], [[Patiala]], [[Tarn Taran Sahib\|Tarn Taran]] and [[New York City\|New York]].<ref name=":8" /> The fourth edition has reports on workers movement including [[Mazdoor Mukti Morcha]]. The fifth edition, published on 5 January, carried story on Bikramdeep Singh Pannu, a protester who has a [[Ghadar Movement\|Ghadar Party]] flag on his trolley and had participated in the [[Shaheen Bagh Protests\|Shaheen Bagh]] Protest.<ref name=":8" />		The second edition featured reports and photographs from various protest sites, including [[Palwal]], Singhu, Ghazipur, [[Bikaner]], [[Patiala]], [[Tarn Taran Sahib\|Tarn Taran]], and [[New York City\|New York]].<ref name=":8" /> The fourth edition has reports on the workers movement including [[Mazdoor Mukti Morcha]]. The fifth edition, published on 5 January, carried a story on Bikramdeep Singh Pannu, a protester who has a [[Ghadar Movement\|Ghadar Party]] flag on his trolley and had participated in the [[Shaheen Bagh Protests\|Shaheen Bagh]] Protest.<ref name=":8" />

	== Digital and online publications ==		== Digital and online publications ==
	The Trolley Times has a digital version in [[Gurmukhi]]-[https://trolleytimes.online/edition/punjabi/2 Punjabi] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/hindi Hindi].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> The [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook first] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/english/2 second] editions have been translated into English and are accessible online.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|last=Trolley Times\|date=December 18, 2020\|title=Trolley Times - English Version - Edition 1.Pdf\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook.\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=Trolley Times}}</ref> The second edition of the paper was uploaded on December ~~22,~~ 2020. Since then eleven editions of the ~~trolley~~ Times have been published.<ref name=":7" />		The ''Trolley Times'' has a digital version in [[Gurmukhi]]-[https://trolleytimes.online/edition/punjabi/2 Punjabi] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/hindi Hindi].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> The [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook first] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/english/2 second] editions have been translated into English and are accessible online.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web\|last=Trolley Times\|date=December 18, 2020\|title=Trolley Times - English Version - Edition 1.Pdf\|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook.\|url-status=live\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=\|website=Trolley Times}}</ref> The second edition of the paper was uploaded on 22 December 2020. Since then eleven editions of the ''Trolley Times'' have been published.<ref name=":7" />

	In a March 2021 interview ''Trolley Times'' editor and [[photojournalist]] Navkiran Natt told [[Germany]]'s [[DW News\|Deutsche Welle News]] that for godi-media, "their primary platform is social media but our audience is an old farmer, for whom media is synonymous with a physical newspaper."<ref name="Chabba20210316"/>		In a March 2021 interview ''Trolley Times'' editor and [[photojournalist]] Navkiran Natt told [[Germany]]'s [[DW News\|Deutsche Welle News]] that for godi-media, "their primary platform is social media but our audience is an old farmer, for whom media is synonymous with a physical newspaper."<ref name="Chabba20210316"/>

	In addition to the ''Trolley Times'', the team has launched "Trolley Talkies", an “alternate medium” for people to express “solidarity with the farmers”.<ref name=":2" /> Since January 2, 2021, the ~~trolley~~ Times started screening documentaries, and movies at their makeshift hall. Movies ~~screened~~ have included; ''Peepli Live'', ''Punjab 1984'', ''Chaar Sahibzade 2'', ''Sajjan Singh Rangroot'', ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'', ''Manthan.<ref name=":8" />''The team is exploring starting "talk shows by farmers which will also be up on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.”<ref name=":2" />		In addition to the ''Trolley Times'', the team has launched "Trolley Talkies", an “alternate medium” for people to express “solidarity with the farmers”.<ref name=":2" /> Since January 2, 2021, the ''Trolley Times'' started screening documentaries and movies at their makeshift hall. Movies have included; ''Peepli Live'', ''Punjab 1984'', ''Chaar Sahibzade 2'', ''Sajjan Singh Rangroot'', ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'', ''Manthan.<ref name=":8" />''The team is exploring starting "talk shows by farmers which will also be up on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.”<ref name=":2" />

	== Slogans ==		== Slogans ==
	The slogan on the First Edition in the English version of the paper reads, “The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetstone of ideas” by [[Bhagat Singh]]. The rallying call for the second edition of ''Trolley Times'' read, “O Martyrs, to complete your pending work… We shall give our heart and soul.”<ref name=":8" />		The slogan on the First Edition of the English version of the paper reads, “The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetstone of ideas” by [[Bhagat Singh]]. The rallying call for the second edition of ''Trolley Times'' read, “O Martyrs, to complete your pending work… We shall give our heart and soul.”<ref name=":8" />

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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| language = [[English language|Hindi and Gurmukhi]]
| headquarters = [[Tikri, Gurugram|Tikri]], [[Delhi]]-[[Haryana|Haryana Border]], [[Haryana]], India
| publishing_country = India
| circulation = 5000
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'''''Troll Times''''' is a four-page [[biweekly]] newspaper in [[Gurmukhi]] and Hindi founded on 18 December 2020 representing farmers protesting at the [[Delhi]]-[[Haryana]] border in response to alleged attempts by mainstream media to malign and misrepresent the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Ramani|first=Priya|date=December 23, 2020|title=Trolley Times: The Country's Fastest-Growing Newspaper|url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/opinion/trolley-times-the-countrys-fastest-growing-newspaper|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 25, 2020|website=BloombergQuint}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Singh, Mausami, and Harmeet Shah Singh|date=December 19, 2020|title=Trolley Times, I-T Cell: Farmers Swarm Digital Space|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/trolley-times-it-cell-farmers-swarm-digital-space-1751150-2020-12-19|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=India Today}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Sircar, Sushovan.|date=December 24, 202o|title=Trolly Talkies: Farmers' 'Atmanirbhar' Alternative to Mass Media.|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/trolley-talkies-set-to-start-as-solidairty-through-art-culture-trolley-times|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=TheQuint}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Ravish|date=December 19, 2020|title=GODI MEDIA vs FARMERS {{!}}{{!}}🟠Trolley Times🟠{{!}}{{!}} GODI MEDIA ROAST// ft.Ravish Kumar//गोदी मीडिया ⚫|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnnJC9ZnycI|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=NDTV, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=The Logical Indian.|date=December 22, 2020|title=Trolley Times: Protesting Farmers Get Their Own Newspaper, 2020.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFSdJ9g0xCM|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=The Logical Indian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kumar|first=Akshay|date=December 26, 2020|title=जानिए, हम इन तीनों कानून को रद्द करने के लिए क्यों ऐसे खड़े हैं {{!}} Akshay Kumar {{!}}Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEQkORaWiAA|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=Kisan Ekta Morcha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Shahjahanpur|first=T. K. Rajalakshmi at Singhu, Ghazipur and|title=Farmers' struggle in India offers a lesson in resilience|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/delhi-ncr-farmers-protests-border-over-new-farm-laws-intensifies/article33431687.ece|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The newspaper was started by a team of activists including: a freelance journalist; a film writer; a video director; two documentary photographers; a physiotherapist and a farmer.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Protesting farmers launch bilingual paper 'Trolley Times'|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/protesters-launch-trolley-times-186303|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Punjabi Music, Cinema and Trolley Times: An unusual harvest of farmers' protests|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/punjabi-music-cinema-and-trolley-times-an-unusual-harvest-of-farmers-protests|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC News|first=Punjabi|date=December 19, 2020|title=Farmers ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਖ਼ਬਾਰ, "Trolley Times" ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੋਇਆ {{!}} 2020|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_fDYZkFTbY|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=BBC NEWS PUNJABI}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite journal|last=Bhasin|first=Tanushree|date=January 31, 2021|title=How Cultural Initiatives Nurture Collective Activity at the Farmers’ Protests|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/media/trolley-times-collective-activity-farmers-protests|journal=The Caravan|volume=January, 2021}}</ref> The first edition of the [[broadsheet]] was issued on 18 December 2020, the 23rd day of the protest. The first issue had a print order of 2,000 copies while the second issue had a print order of 5000.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />

== Objective ==
The objective of ''Trolley Times'' is to provide a platform to protesting farmers in response to the [[godi media]], which the farmers believe has deliberately misrepresented them and their concerns. It also provides hard copies for older farmers not familiar with digital and social media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=The Wire|date=January 8, 2021|title=A Newspaper From the Farmer's Protest. Singhu Border, 2021|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9gF035A9fg&feature=share|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=The Wire}}</ref> The editors of ''Trolley Times'' have stated that the newspaper is run by volunteers<ref name="Chabba20210316">{{Cite web|surname=Chabba|given=Seerat|date=2021-03-16|title=India: Farmers' protests give way to new independent journalism|url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317070416/https://www.dw.com/en/india-farmers-protests-give-way-to-new-independent-journalism/a-56890017|archive-date=2021-03-17|work=[[DW News|Deutsche Welle News]]|department=Asia}}</ref> and operates 'without any political or monitory pressure'. They also stated that is not an official publication of the [[Samyukt Kisan Morcha|Sanyukt Kisan Morcha]], the umbrella organization representing 40 farmer's unions.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhandari|first=Hemani|date=2020-12-23|title='Not official voice of farmers'|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/not-official-voice-of-farmers/article33397478.ece|access-date=2020-12-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Bajwa|first=Harpreet|date=December 18, 2020|title=Rs 11000 Spent, 2000 Newsletters Printed: Trolley Times Rolls out for Protesting Farmers|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/dec/18/rs-11000-spent-2000-newsletters-printed-trolley-times-rollsout-for-protesting-farmers-2238060.html|url-status=live|access-date=December 30, 2020}}</ref>

== Content ==
Trolley Times, its founder have said, aims to provide news, and commentary, about the farmers movement to the participants and supporters of the farm movement that "stretches across 25-30 km and touches half a dozen borders".<ref name=":0" /> It also aims to be an alternative voice as the protestors have little faith in mainstream media.<ref name=":5" /> The first issue of the Trolley times had 'pictures, opinion pieces, editorials, poems, cartoons and speeches'.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=No faith in mainstream media, so protesting farmers publish their own newsletter|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/12/19/no-faith-in-mainstream-media-so-protesting-farmers-publish-their-own-newsletter|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>

"The first page of the paper will carry the editorial as well as the daily developments and announcements, the second page will have photographs and artwork and the third page will have news and views from across the world in support of the farmers' agitation while the fourth page will be for light reading as it will have interesting events unfolding at the agitation sites such as wrestling matches between Punjab and Haryana or classroom set up to educate the poor students." Ajay Natt said on 18 December.<ref name=":6" /> While there was apprehensions about regularly curating and creating content for the newspaper, there has been an overwhelming response with hundreds of people sending different types of content.<ref name=":5" />

The second edition featured reports and photographs from various protest sites, including [[Palwal]], Singhu, Ghazipur, [[Bikaner]], [[Patiala]], [[Tarn Taran Sahib|Tarn Taran]] and [[New York City|New York]].<ref name=":8" /> The fourth edition has reports on workers movement including [[Mazdoor Mukti Morcha]]. The fifth edition, published on 5 January, carried story on Bikramdeep Singh Pannu, a protester who has a [[Ghadar Movement|Ghadar Party]] flag on his trolley and had participated in the [[Shaheen Bagh Protests|Shaheen Bagh]] Protest.<ref name=":8" />

== Digital and online publications ==
The Trolley Times has a digital version in [[Gurmukhi]]-[https://trolleytimes.online/edition/punjabi/2 Punjabi] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/hindi Hindi].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> The [https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook first] and [https://trolleytimes.online/edition/english/2 second] editions have been translated into English and are accessible online.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Trolley Times|date=December 18, 2020|title=Trolley Times - English Version - Edition 1.Pdf|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/17s4_JW3HIfsmqoW4MTiLnmzHJ9pl7SyV/view?usp=embed_facebook.|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Trolley Times}}</ref> The second edition of the paper was uploaded on December 22, 2020. Since then eleven editions of the trolley Times have been published.<ref name=":7" />

In a March 2021 interview ''Trolley Times'' editor and [[photojournalist]] Navkiran Natt told [[Germany]]'s [[DW News|Deutsche Welle News]] that for godi-media, "their primary platform is social media but our audience is an old farmer, for whom media is synonymous with a physical newspaper."<ref name="Chabba20210316"/>

In addition to the ''Trolley Times'', the team has launched "Trolley Talkies", an “alternate medium” for people to express “solidarity with the farmers”.<ref name=":2" /> Since January 2, 2021, the trolley Times started screening documentaries, and movies at their makeshift hall. Movies screened have included; ''Peepli Live'', ''Punjab 1984'', ''Chaar Sahibzade 2'', ''Sajjan Singh Rangroot'', ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'', ''Manthan.<ref name=":8" />''The team is exploring starting "talk shows by farmers which will also be up on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.”<ref name=":2" />

== Slogans ==
The slogan on the First Edition in the English version of the paper reads, “The sword of revolution is sharpened on the whetstone of ideas” by [[Bhagat Singh]]. The rallying call for the second edition of ''Trolley Times'' read, “O Martyrs, to complete your pending work… We shall give our heart and soul.”<ref name=":8" />

== See also ==
* [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest]]
* [[Samyukt Kisan Morcha|Sanyukt Kisan Morcha]]
* [[Community journalism]]
* [[Journalism]]
* [[Godi-media]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{official website}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4mGFTV86AR8VeJmusu1QWQ Kisan Ekta Morcha]

{{Newspapers in India}}

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[[Category:Protests in India]]
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