The Farmers Revolt in India
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The Daily
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The New York Times
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audio
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News & Politics
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Daily News
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Publication Date |
Nov 24, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:28:07

After a landslide re-election in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s control over India seemed impossible to challenge.

But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has done just that, forcing the Indian prime minister to back down.

How did the protesters succeed?

Guest: Emily Schmall, a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times.

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Background reading: 

  • The protesters received foreign and domestic financial support, kept their camps organized and looked for ways to be seen whilemodi-farmer-protests.html?smid=tw-share"> trying to avoid violence.
  • How a bungled response to Covid and a struggling economy havefarmers-modi.html"> hurt the governing party’s standing in India.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

After a landslide re-election in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s control over India seemed impossible to challenge. But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has done just that, forcing the Indian prime minister to back down. How did the protesters succeed? Guest: Emily Schmall, a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times.

After a landslide re-election in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s control over India seemed impossible to challenge.

But a yearlong farmers’ protest against agricultural overhauls has done just that, forcing the Indian prime minister to back down.

How did the protesters succeed?

Guest: Emily Schmall, a South Asia correspondent for The New York Times.

Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, subscribe to our newsletter

Background reading: 

  • The protesters received foreign and domestic financial support, kept their camps organized and looked for ways to be seen whilemodi-farmer-protests.html?smid=tw-share"> trying to avoid violence.
  • How a bungled response to Covid and a struggling economy havefarmers-modi.html"> hurt the governing party’s standing in India.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

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