Agrarian Reform and Farmer Resistance in Punjab

Shinder Singh Thandi, PhD, is a former Professor who taught in the Global Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Previously, he was based at Coventry University, UK, where he was head of Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting from 2009 to 2015. He is founder-editor of the Journal of Sikh & Punjab Studies, published since 1994. He has published many journal articles and book chapters on Indian and Punjabi migration and on different dimensions of Sikh diaspora and homeland relations. He co-authored A South Asian History of Britain: Four Centuries of Peoples from the Indian Sub-Continent (with Michael Fisher and Shompa Lahiri; 2007) and co-edited People on the Move: Punjabi Colonial and Post-Colonial Migration (with Ian Talbot; 2004) and Punjabi Identity in a Global Context (with Pritam Singh; 1999).

Introduction to Agrarian Reforms and the 2020–2021 Farmer Resistance: A Momentous Morcha, Part I: Historical, Literary and Comparative Perspectives, 1. Agrarian Resistance in Punjab: Contextualizing Farmer Protests at the Gates of Delhi in a Historical Perspective, 2. Kisan Protests in Punjab 1907–2021: A Literary Lineage of Resistance, 3. A Tale of Two Punjabi Peasant Agitations: Comparing 1907 and 2020–2021, 4. From Disunity to Unity: Organization, Mobilization Strategies and Achievements of the Recent Farmers’ Movement in Punjab, 5. Contemporary Farmers’ Protests and the Legacy of the 1980s: Changes in Ideology, Class Coalitions and Political Structure, Part II: Dimensions and Dynamics of Reform, Resistance and Resilience, 6. Farm Laws, Federalism and Farm Protests: Challenges for Punjab, 7. ‘Modernist’ Teleology and Futures of Agriculture: Making Sense of the Punjabi Farmers’ Movement of 2020–2021, 8. Reforming Agricultural Markets for Agrarian Transformation: Potential Implications of Repealed Farm Acts for Punjab, 9. Mera Pind, Mera Sabhyachar, Mera Virsa: Understanding Sikh Diaspora Support for the Punjab Kisan Morcha, 10. Enhancing Visibility, Extending Solidarity: Women’s Participation in the 2020–2021 Farmer Protests