The Critical Room: The fruitful agricultural rebellion in India

Farming the Revolution shows how one person can create ripple effects that make a difference to an entire country. 

Young farmer Gurbash Sangha from Punjab drove his tractor 400 kilometers to the capital Delhi to protest the government's undemocratic law for sale of agricultural products. He eventually got half a million farmers from across the country to participate in the protests, which eventually led to the law being repealed.

State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bjørg Sandkjær (SP), will open the screening, and afther the screening there will be a panel discussion on the increasingly undemocratic rule in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and how non-violent rebellion from the grassroots can be fruitful. 

Panelists:

• Nishtha Jain is an Indian documentary filmmaker and producer. She is known for films such as Gulabi Gang (2012) and The Golden Thread (2022), which are also screening at this year's festival. 
• Liv Tørres is the head of LO's international department. She has previously been Secretary General of the Nobel Peace Centre, and Director of Norwegian People's Aid and Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies at New York University.
• Moderator: Elisabeth Eide is a journalist, traveler, and professor emerita at OsloMet. She has authored or co-authored a large number of books, among them one on India's development towards Hindu nationalism and several books on Afghanistan.