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A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS. MORE
Farmers in many parts of the country have got together to stage vigorous mass protests against the agricultural reforms proposed by the government.
The farmers’ agitation has gained the sympathy of some in India and abroad, in places like the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia.
But what puzzles those who side with the exercised farmers and those who oppose them is that it is hard to understand what exactly it is that they’re worked up about.