Roots: Farmers' Protests - Women take charge while Punjab could lose its culture
02/14/21 • 14 min
In the seventh episode of Roots with South Asian Today, we speak with India based researcher and preserver of the Punjabi Culture, Anuroop Kaur Sandhu, to understand the role of women in the ongoing Farmers Protests in India along with how Punjab could lose its traditional food and culture if the Modi government does not withdraw the controversial farm laws.
Farmers Protests' are the world's largest strike in history.
In the seventh episode of Roots with South Asian Today, we speak with India based researcher and preserver of the Punjabi Culture, Anuroop Kaur Sandhu, to understand the role of women in the ongoing Farmers Protests in India along with how Punjab could lose its traditional food and culture if the Modi government does not withdraw the controversial farm laws.
Farmers Protests' are the world's largest strike in history.
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Roots with South Asian Today - Roots: Farmers' Protests - Women take charge while Punjab could lose its culture
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Dilpreet 00:00
You're listening to Roots with South Asian today. This podcast is being recorded in Australia on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to the elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. It has been several months since the farmers protests against the three new farm laws by the Indian government to prioritize agriculture have taken over the country. Lakhs of farmers
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