How Different Are the Ongoing Farmers' Protests From Those of Colonial Times?
How Different Are the Ongoing Farmers Protests From Those of Colonial Times? There is a phenomenal difference between peasant movements then and now. Farmers protest against the farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, December 4, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis Rights30/Dec/2020 For a month the most significant peasant mobilisation in postcolonial India has unfolded, revealing a deep crisis in agrarian life. Given the complacency of the “bullock capitalist” or the neo-rich pe...
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