Legal Framework How does the Punjab Land Preservation Act still matter today? Historic protections Comparative Lessons What can Gurgaon Aravallis and Sainik Farms teach Punjab? Soft regulations, hard losses State Intervention Is Punjab government becoming the biggest real estate player? Land pooling, monetisation Urban Expansion What does New Chandigarh’s Eco-City-3 mean for villagers? GMADA acquisition impact Human Cost Who really pays when eco-sensitive land turns into concrete? Social and climate costs Future Scenarios Can eco-friendly constructions exist without greenwashing? Reality check Call to Action What can you and I still do to protect the Shivalik Kandi Hills? Citizen responsibility Closure Will Punjab choose short-term real...
Can a year long protest rewrite a nation’s agrarian story? Have you ever wondered why farmers sleeping on highways unsettled an entire nation? This long form review explores Farmer Power by Sudhir Kumar Suthar, unpacking the 2020–21 farmers’ movement, its political aftershocks, historical roots, moral force and unresolved questions. You will walk away understanding why this was not just a protest, but a moment that quietly rearranged India’s democratic furniture. Why Do Farmers Keep Knocking on the Nation’s door? Let us start with a simple, uncomfortable question. Why do farmers, year after year, leave their fields, families and fragile incomes to sit on roads, outside legislatures, or at the edges of cities that barely notice them? If agriculture feeds over 1.4 billion Indians and employs close to 42 percent of the workforce according to World Bank data, why does it so often feel like an afterthought in policy rooms? Farmer Power enters this conversation without drama...