Former Agriculture Secretary Siraj Hussain and leader of a farmer collective, Kavitha Kuruganthi, discuss the ongoing farmer protests and what they tell us about dissent, and the process of consultation and policy reform in India.

Highlights –

• Why the process of consultation with farmers failed
• What policymakers seemed to have missed, while making these reforms
• How citizens should protest in a democracy, in order for their dissent to be heard
• How we can move forward, in the spirit of democracy

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