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Surinder S Jodhka
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What are the rural livelihoods beyond agriculture? How do they impact Indian village life?
An excerpt from ‘The Indian Village: Rural Lives in the 21st Century’, by Surinder S Jodhka.
Surinder S Jodhka
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Why the government will score a self-goal if it treats farmers like enemies to be defeated
Such mobilisations are not only a normal part of a modern market economy, they are also essential for a democratic polity to flourish.
Surinder S Jodhka
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By treating protesting farmers as if they’re ignorant, government is repeating an old colonial idea
The old rural-urban binary continues to dog a large section of India’s urban elite and hinders their capacity to make sense of the farmers’ assertions.
Surinder S Jodhka
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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No matter how hard the propagandists try, protesting farmers won’t be seen as anti-national
The ruling establishment won’t be able to stigmatise farmers the way it was able to tarnish Muslims protesting the citizenship law.
Surinder S Jodhka
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Mobile religiosity: As old social structures change, deras offer a new sense of community
The new technology that brought Green Revolution also transformed social relations among the farmers, labouring classes and traders.
Surinder S Jodhka