Farmers’ Revolt in India
BY: Navomee Ponnamperuma PEJOURNAL - In the midst of a global pandemic, a social movement gone largely unnoticed in the Western media has been the farmers strike in India. Whilst exposure was provided in its early days, the movement lost much of its media appeal as the West turned their attention towards the chaotic political scenes occurring on both sides of the Atlantic. Indian farmers however have persisted in their fight. A fight which commenced in September following the Indian government’s decision to pass new regulations providing private investors access to the country’s agricultural sector. At first glance, the farmers’…