SlogansFarmer and Kisan Diwas slogans
Kisan Diwas, the National Farmers' Day, is observed in India on 23 December, the birthday of former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. These slogans thank the people who grow our food.
English
Before your breakfast, a farmer had already done half a day's work.
The mandi is full because someone's nights were sleepless.
Thank a farmer three times a day.
Every roti began in someone's field.
The hands that feed us deserve our respect.
He reads the sky the way we read screens.
Do not waste what took a season to grow.
Soil on the hands, food on the nation's table.
Buy fairly. Someone's year depends on it.
The farmer's holiday is the day after the harvest.
हिन्दी
आपके नाश्ते से पहले किसान आधा दिन काम कर चुका होता है।
हर रोटी किसी खेत से शुरू होती है।
किसान के हाथ में मिट्टी, देश की थाली में अन्न।
अन्नदाता सुखी रहे, तभी देश सुखी रहे।
छह महीने की मेहनत, एक फ़सल का इंतज़ार।
खेत हरे, देश के भंडार भरे।
किसान का सम्मान, अन्न का सम्मान।
जो धूप में तपता है, उसी से घर का चूल्हा जलता है।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ਕਿਸਾਨ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਰੋਟੀ ਹੈ।
ਹਰ ਬੁਰਕੀ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਦਾ ਪਸੀਨਾ।
ਅੰਨਦਾਤਾ ਸੁਖੀ ਵੱਸੇ, ਦੇਸ਼ ਸੁਖੀ ਵੱਸੇ।
ਮਿੱਟੀ ਨਾਲ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਸੋਨਾ ਉਗਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿਸਾਨ।
ਖੇਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਰਾਜਾ, ਦੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਅੰਨਦਾਤਾ।
ਰਾਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਲਾਉਂਦਾ, ਦਿਨੇ ਧੁੱਪਾਂ ਸਹਿੰਦਾ, ਤਾਂ ਕਿਤੇ ਦਾਣਾ ਘਰ ਆਉਂਦਾ।
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Where these slogans are used
Kisan Diwas programmes, harvest festival functions such as Baisakhi, Pongal and Makar Sankranti, agricultural fairs, school charts and speeches. Many families who now live in cities are one generation away from a farm, so these lines speak to more people than might be expected.
Write your own
Honour the work, and be exact about it. The farmer in your slogan wakes before the sun, watches the sky, waters at night when the power comes, and waits half a year for one harvest. A single true detail, such as the tubewell, the trolley, the mandi or the folded hands at sowing time, carries more respect than large words about "the backbone of the nation". Link the farm to the reader's own plate: every roti began in a field.
- English pairs: sow and grow, field and yield, grain and rain, soil and toil, harvest and honest.
- Hindi pairs: किसान and भगवान, खेत and रेत, अन्नदाता and विधाता, फ़सल and असल, पसीना and नगीना.
- Punjabi pairs: ਕਿਸਾਨ and ਸ਼ਾਨ, ਖੇਤ and ਹੇਤ, ਫ਼ਸਲ and ਨਸਲ, ਮਿੱਟੀ and ਚਿੱਠੀ.
A historic slogan
The best known farmer slogan in India, "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", was given by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965. It is listed with other historic slogans on the historic slogans page. Use it as it is, with his name.
What to avoid
- Party politics, protests and policy debates in school work. Thank the farmer, and leave the arguments to another forum.
- Prices, figures and scheme details written from memory.
- Pity. Farmers are skilled people who deserve respect and a fair deal, not sympathy.
Using these slogans
- At a school function, invite a farmer to speak for five minutes. No slogan will do as much.
Questions
When is Kisan Diwas?
On 23 December every year, the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh.