India’s farmers set for long haul as they lay down Modi challenge Demonstrators angry at government’s sweeping overhaul of country’s agricultural markets. Chetan Rathi has twice voted for Narendra Modi, impressed by the Indian prime minister’s tough stance on national security issues. Now, the 26-year-old is among the tens of…

The letter explains to Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar how, in the 19th century, UK’s rural population was 65.2%, but thanks to industrialisation it has now declined to just 17% of the population. The Indian diaspora in the UK has already shown their support for the farmers’ protests back home…

One village in the state is at the forefront of organising a network of people to help the farmers. Jartauli, Punjab — Birds fly over lush green fields as an announcement made from the loudspeaker of a local Sikh temple, gurdwara, breaks silence on a misty, winter morning. “Our trolleys…

The farmers’ protests outside New Delhi have cast a spotlight on a traditionally overlooked group: the women who keep India’s farms running. At Tikri village, bordering the western fringes of India’s national capital New Delhi, thousands of farmers from across the country have been agitating since November 26. …

Indian farmers are protesting three laws that they fear will threaten their livelihoods and cost lives. The laws deregulate the buying and selling of agricultural goods, leading farmers to fear they will be exploited by corporations. India has some of the highest farmer suicide rates in the world, and experts…

Millions of farmers in India are protesting three agricultural reform bills that were passed in September without their consultation, which they claim threatens their livelihood. The implications of the protests reach beyond India and relate to global issues of land inequality: an estimated 70% percent of all farmland around the…

Meera Dalal died aged 25 at her home in Leicestershire on 15 February 2016. Now Daksha Dalal, Meera’s mother, has co-authored a memoir that seeks to reconcile her grief with the need to help others come to terms with their own battles with mental wellness and the grief of losing…

His is a career that has spanned over fifty years, transforming the film industry of a nation, and changing the perception of Asians the world over. He remains a colossus, a titan, a one-man industry whose respect among his peers and his countrymen and women remains unparalleled. Over that incredible…

My daughter should be celebrating her 30th birthday today but that joy of celebration, that potential to be the person she could ever want to be, was stolen from her by a cycle of physical abuse, psychological torture and emotional blackmail. …