What Gurdial Singh’s fiction reveals about the social and cultural roots of the farmers’ protest
Or, how the ‘anakh’ or pride of the ‘unhoye’ or non-being is fuelling the fightback against the farm laws. Dec 27, 2020 · 08:30 am Women, including widows and relatives of farmers believed to have died by suicide over debt, at the farmers protest at the Tikri border near Delhi. | Anushree Fadnavis / Reuters
The recent debate on the contentious farm laws and the ensuing protests by farmers has primarily focused on economic and political aspects. It has analysed and examined the costs and benefits of these agricultural reforms, and the impact they will have on farmers. Political commentators have highlighted how these protests pose a major challenge to the government, with some arguing that it could represent a possible “Anna moment”.