Aug 30 2025 to Aug 30 2025 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

Farmers in rural India put food on our table. But most urban Indians, especially those distanced from their rural roots, are not aware of the critical role of farmers, and their everyday challenges. We know even less about the lives of farm labourers — women and men; or about the long history of protests by the people who grow food for our nation.

Namita Waikar’s book: Farmers Protest! A Movement for Our Times dives right into this space. She will be speaking about the history of farmers protests, the socio-economic challenges that the Green Revolution brought on farmers and the country as a whole, the three farm laws and the protests that they triggered.

This will be followed by a panel discussion on the lives of farmers, in particular the challenges they face: gender, caste and the impact of climate change. The panel comprises journalists, writers and translators with the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). Their work on the rights of Adivasi, Dalit and women farmers, as well as the climate crisis informs and enriches this discussion.

This discussion is part of the Everyday FACES of Everyday People exhibition, on display at BIC, from Aug 28 to Aug 31.

Speakers

Namita Waikar
Managing Editor, PARI
Namita Waikar is a writer, translator and the Managing Editor at the People’s Archive of Rural India. Her first novel, The Long March was published in 2018.

Priti David
Executive Editor, PARI
Priti David is the Executive Editor of PARI. She writes on forests, Adivasis and livelihoods. Priti also leads PARI’s education section to bring rural issues into the classroom and curriculum.

Shankara N Kenchanuru
Editor, Kannada Translations, PARI
Shankara N. Kenchanuru is a poet and translator who works as the editor of PARI’s Kannada translations.

Shalini Singh
Co-founder & Trustee, PARI
Shalini Singh is a journalist, co-founder and trustee of PARI.