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THERE ARE DECADES WHERE NOTHING HAPPENS; AND THERE ARE WEEKS WHERE DECADES HAPPENS – LENIN Vijoo Krishnan In keeping with

April, 2020 Akhil KM

COVID-19 & Rural India: Talking To Vijoo Krishnan

Akhil KM in conversation with Vijoo Krishnan on the COVID-19 outbreak in India, the nation-wide lockdown, the condition of rural India ever since the outbreak, hunger emerging as another crisis, and more.

"This flag is like home to me, what else can I possibly cling to in times of distress?" says Sushil Das, a small peasant and AIKS activist from Howrah, while chanting "Inquilab Zindabad" slogans on the way from Singur to Kolkata, participating in arguably one of the greatest of marches organised in recent times under the red flag.

Struggles

December, 2018 Srijan Bhattacharyya

Singur To Rajbhaban: The War Cry Of Rural Bengal

Singur to Kolkata, a route that shows only 52 kms in map, but anyone who keeps track of Bengal politics will tell you that it is a longer road – one that led Mamata Banerjee to the helms of power after decades of destructive attempts.

A Nation Indebted to Farmers to Join Kisan Mukti March

Struggles

December, 2018 Vijoo Krishnan

A Nation Indebted To Farmers To Join Kisan Mukti March

However, four years down the lane, the Prime Minister and the ruling BJP which were beneficiaries of the support of the farmers and the rural poor are today at the receiving end of massive protests and farm unrest. For the first time the agrarian crisis and farm unrest is catching the attention of the media and the intelligentsia as well as the middle classes.