Re-Appropriating ‘We the People’ From Politicians Who Only Want Control
Social movements are bound to impact forms of protest politics in years to come. What is important is that through protest, these movements create a ‘we the people’. On November 26, 2021 the Preamble to the Indian Constitution was read aloud in Parliament by the president of India, the prime minister, ministers and members of […]Read More
The Leaders Who Shaped, Guided and Sustained the Farmers’ Movement
The yearlong movement could survive due to the overwhelming support it received. Here are some of the people who were responsible for securing it. A former solider, a doctor, a psephologist, a Jat leader, a women’s rights activist are just some of those who brought the mighty Modi government to its knees. Some of them […]Read More
Punjab adds another chapter in its long tradition of peasant struggles
Despite split after split in organisations, state repression, agrarian crisis and a wave of suicides, struggle was one thing the farmers of Punjab never forgot in the past more than 100 years Last year, a young farmer leader at the Tikri border motivated the farmers saying “we have to continue the struggle so that we don’t forget […]Read More
