The farmers’ strike in India has become about much more than controversial farm legislation.
![Farmers sit on a tractor during a protest against recently passed farm bills at the Singhu border near Delhi, India on December 5, 2020 [Reuters/Adnan Abidi]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-12-05T093535Z_223743079_RC2XGK9G69R8_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-FARMS-PROTESTS-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Assistant Professor in the Department of History at William Paterson University.
The farmers’ strike in India has become about much more than controversial farm legislation.
![Farmers sit on a tractor during a protest against recently passed farm bills at the Singhu border near Delhi, India on December 5, 2020 [Reuters/Adnan Abidi]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-12-05T093535Z_223743079_RC2XGK9G69R8_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-FARMS-PROTESTS-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)