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Growing India’s Food: Crises and Struggles
Chronicling the Farmers’ Protest
Speakers
How well do we really know the hands that feed us?
Behind every grain on our plate lies a story of toil, resistance, and resilience. Yet, for many in India’s cities, the everyday realities of farmers and farm labourers remain distant tales.
Namita Waikar, author of Farmers Protest! A Movement for Our Times, brings to light the realities our farmers face. In this talk, she unpacks the long and often overlooked history of farmers’ movements: tracing the impact of the Green Revolution, the contentious farm laws, and the following protests that shook the nation.
The conversation expands in a panel featuring journalists and writers from the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). Together, they delve into how caste, gender, and the climate crisis shape rural lives; especially those of Adivasi, Dalit, and women farmers whose voices are too often unheard.
Take a moment to step closer to the real India.
This discussion is part of the Everyday FACES of Everyday People exhibition, on display at BIC, from Aug 28 to Aug 31.
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Speakers
Namita Waikar
Namita Waikar is a writer, translator and the Managing Editor at the People’s Archive of Rural India. Her first novel, The Long March was published in 2018.
Priti David
Priti David is the Executive Editor of PARI. She writes on forests, Adivasis and livelihoods. Priti also leads PARI’s education section to bring rural issues into the classroom and curriculum.
Shankara N Kenchanuru
Shankara N. Kenchanuru is a poet and translator who works as the editor of PARI’s Kannada translations.
Shalini Singh
Shalini Singh is a journalist, co-founder and trustee of PARI.
