Against the backdrop of a sulking gray sky tormented by cold winds in the heart of Chandigarh -- Sector 17, Lohri was about songs of resistance, hand made posters, speeches on the newly introduced farm laws, street theatre groups exhorting people to 'wake up', little children dressed up in traditional Punjabi attire, old union leaders and leftists smiling; and people across age-groups putting the farm bills in the waiting fire. There was cheer, exuberance even as serious policemen looked on.

Organised by students from Panjab University (PU) -- both former and those still studying there, the Lohri event was held as a symbolic gesture of standing with the protesting farmers at the Singhu and Tikri borders.