Satendra Kumar is at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich. His research investigates how marginalised groups engage with politics and the state in contemporary India.
Haryana's social and political landscape is in the midst of a transition, with both backward castes and the younger generation of Jats seeking to break away from the old agrarian order. So far,…
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Satendra Kumar, Assistant Professor at G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, about how the ongoing protests have revived farmer identity and what they mean for the…
The decline of farmer identity from the 1990s brought a generation of upwardly mobile Jats close to the BJP. The waning of urban economic opportunities has reminded youth of the security from ties to…
