Historic Crisis and Protest in Indian Agriculture: Whither India? Radhika Desai, Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba, will address the political economy of the farmers’ protests. Will their success in forcing the government to repeal the three odious farm laws represent a reversal of the deep crisis of Indian agriculture, the result of decades of neoliberal policies? Will the humiliating U-turn they imposed on the Modi government represent a turning of the decades-long tide of Hindutva in Indian politics and help remove Modi and his fascist forces from power?