Jens Lerche is Reader (Associate Professor) in Labour and Agrarian Studies at SOAS, University of London. He has researched agrarian development and relations between Jats, Thakurs, and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh since the 1990s.
The combination of caste & farmer identity amongst the Jats in western UP uniquely strengthens the resistance to the farm laws, but also creates barriers to creating lasting solidarities with…
