Neoliberalism in Punjab with Dr. Shreya Sinha

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English - March 10, 2021 22:33 - 56 minutes - 129 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratings
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Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 21st episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history.

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Shreya Sinha who is a research associate at Cambridge University and her research interests lie in agrarian political economy, sociology of economic relations, regional development, neoliberalism, and India and South Asia.

We discuss Neoliberalism in Punjab with respect to the agrarian economy in Punjab, in particular its historical context and some of the consequences surrounding the policies that have had an impact on Punjab ranging from debt, farmer suicides, migration and more.

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