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Calcutta High Court order - December 21, 2020 - Bench of Justices Sanjib Banerjee and Arijit Banerjee on a matter of Marriage

We, representatives of workers organisations, stand in solidarity with the historic farmers’ protest in India and extend our full support to their demands. We appeal to the government to accept the farmers demands.

Protest song by Poojan Sahil in Punjabi adapted to the tune of Bella Ciao

On the island of Bundal, off Pakistan’s Arabian Sea coast, people gather in their thousands, as they have done for decades, to honour their saint, Baba Yousaf Shah. As the sun shines on the festivities around the shrine, colourful flags flutter energetically as the air fills with the vibrant clamour of music, singing and feasting. But this may be the last festival held by the fishermen here. Last month, the federal government issued an order, taking over the twin islands of Bundal and Buddo ... The government plans to build a city to “surpass Dubai”, and attract investment of about $50bn (£37.5m), creating 150,000 jobs, claimed Sindh governor Imran Ismail at a news conference in Pakistan’s capital last month. Local people do not intend to go without a fight.

This report is an attempt to provide a comprehensive and critical overview of the state of contemporary rural India. It focuses on the key structural factors, especially policies and trends, that have marked rural India’s economic and ecological conditions. Through this report we wish to share alternative ideas, paradigms and methodologies to address these entrenched problems and challenges.