"No Farmers, No Food: Indian Farmers Confront Authoritarian Neoliberalism"

Shreya Sinha, Ajay Gudavarthy, & Prabhat Patnaik
Panel Discussion
September 18, 2021

Organized by SFU's Institute for the Humanities, and co-sponsored by the Geopolitical Economy Research Group, Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation, and the Indian Farmers and Workers Support Group.

Indian farmers protests against the Modi Governments efforts to corporatize Indian agriculture have been unprecedented in their scale and intensity. Despite government and media efforts to discredit them and heavy handed repression, they have attracted support from all over the country and have persisted. What is at stake in them? What do they tell us about the state of Indian agriculture and economy and of Indian politics? Why should the rest of the world be interested?

The event will address the political, social, and economic dimensions and global ramifications of the Indian Farmers’ strike. Panelists to speak for 15 min followed by open discussion and Q&A.

SPEAKERS

Shreya Sinha is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, working on the political economy of development and agrarian change in India.

Ajay Gudavarthy is a political theorist, analyst, and columnist in India. He is also an Associate Professor in political science at Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi.

Prabhat Patnaik is an Indian Marxist economist and political commentator, and taught at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at JNU in New Delhi, from 1974 until his retirement in 2010.

MODERATOR

Radhika Desai is Professor at the Department of Political Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.

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