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Farmers protest against the farm Bills passed by Parliament, at Shambhu in Patiala district of Punjab, on September 25.

Rice bowl on the boil

Punjab witnesses massive mobilisation against the new farm Acts, which threaten to radically undermine the longstanding compact with the peasantry tha
Gaurav Bansal
A farmer working in a paddy field during Unlock-2, in Amritsar, on July 2.

Punjab: Land struggle in the time of pandemic

The strong-arm methods adopted by rich farmers to force agricultural labour to work at lower wages following the pandemic-induced shortage of migrant
Gaurav Bansal
A health worker sanitises a combine harvestor prior to the reaping of wheat in a field in Jalandhar on April 22.

Harvesting misery

The lockdown has accentuated inequalities in the post-harvesting season in Punjab. Poor peasants’ access to markets has been severely curtailed, while
Gaurav Bansal ,Soham Bhattacharya