State vs People
The over a month long agitation by the farmers of the nation against the three Agricultural Acts passed by the government in the midst of the raging Corona Pandemic, without consultations with the opposition or the farmer groups across the country shows no sign of petering out. It actually is becoming larger by the day, despite the government using all legitimate and at times illegitimate ploys it has in its substantial armoury.
When the agitation started a month back, my initial thought went to the age-old proverb: “
Jiski Lathi Uski Bhains” (literally he who has the stick gets to own the buffalo). As time has passed, I see the