A study with particular reference to the Bharatiya Kisan Union, a peasant movement, and the Jat farmers of western Uttar Pradesh.
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A study with particular reference to the Bharatiya Kisan Union, a peasant movement, and the Jat farmers of western Uttar Pradesh.
"This work examines how a Jat identity was formed and shaped in rural southeast Punjab (present-day Haryana), and the historical phases through which it evolved. The author analyses popular religious traditions, qaumi narratives and the different political strands that went into…
Renowned as the predominant farmers and landlords of Punjab, and long possessed of an autocthonous agricultural identity, Jat Sikhs today often live urban and diasporic lives. Rural Nostalgias and Transnational Dreams examines the formation of Jat Sikh identity amid diverse idea…