Three Shades of Green (eBook)

Introduction

1. Politics of Agrarian Protests: Resistance to Corporatization of Agriculture in Punjab

• Historical Context
• Land Reforms and Farmers' Movements in Independent India
• Transformation of Farmers' Movement: From Land to Pricing
• Stagnation in Agriculture
• Diversification of Crops: A Non-Starter
• Genesis of Agrarian Protests: Early and Late Green Revolution
• Shaping of Contemporary Protests
• Anti-Centre Anger at the Grass Roots
• Negotiations
• Turning Point: State Response from Indifference
• Communal Twist

2. The Status of the Status Quo: Locating Punjab in Contemporary Farmers' Protest

• New Farm Laws and Farmers' Protest
• Dead Men Tell Long Tales: A Historical Aspect of Peasants Agitations in Punjab
• Role of the Farmers' Unions and Other Organizations in the Peasant Struggle in Punjab
• Role of Songs Singers and Women in the Recent Farmers' Protest
• Development Rush
• What Lies Ahead?
• The Verdict?

3. The Punjab Farmers' Agitation? Reaffirmation, Realignment and Renaissance

• Mobilizing Fear of Corporatization Through Folk Songs
• Three Shades of Green
• Shaping of Protest in Phases: Capturing the Role of
• Folk Songs
• A Sense of Anti-Centrism
• Role of Women in the Protest
• Process, Protestors and Narratives
• Identity Assertion: Sikhs and Farmers
• Setback, Revival and Victory

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