Hope For Everyone The Indian Farmers’ Protest 2020-21

Between November 2020 and December 2021, hundreds of thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and beyond staged a historic protest at Delhi’s borders, demanding the repeal of three farm laws that threatened corporate control over agriculture. Braving extreme weather and state repression, their persistence led to a rare government retreat. In Hope for Everyone, sociologist Virinder Kalra draws on fieldwork, union publications, and digital archives to document the movement, highlighting the voices of women, Dalits, and laborers. He situates the protest within India’s broader agrarian struggles, capturing its enduring significance as a fight for dignity, democracy, and hope.