Abstract of the talk: In 2019, the world started talking about a structural crisis impacting the planet’s most critical job — food production. The world’s food demand is rising but the number of people quitting, or not joining, farming is consistently growing. In the case of India, the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, have been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, and several agrarian experts who say it would leave farmers at the "mercy of corporates." The root of this crisis is much deeper and goes back a long time. In this talk Professor P. Sainath will discuss on Understanding the Agrarian Crisis: And Why It's Far From Over.
Bionote of the Speaker: A historian by training, P. Sainath forfeited his Ph. D. journey at JNU to take the plunge into journalism. An acclaimed journalist for more than 3 decades, he has worked to bring to life stories of the last mile to the forefront. The People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) project is a milestone in this regard. Its innovative and unprecedented documentation of the country's rural parts brings to life the length and breadth of India's diverse and plural societies. It highlights the immense struggle the millions of rural folk undertake in everyday life. PARI has been exceptional in bringing these stories to the fore, which otherwise would have been hidden from the mainstream media's radar. His work has been recognised globally. He was the first Indian reporter to win the European Commission's Lorenzo Natali Prize for journalism in 1995 and the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007, among a bevvy of international awards bestowed upon him. He was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree honoris causa by the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 2011 and another D.Litt by the St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, in 2017.
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