While there are bragging multibillionaires and prestigious projects financed by the government, for decades agrarian communities in India are facing severe financial distress and alarmingly high suicide rates. The 2020 reforms would have further threatened their existence. In response, farmers staged persistent protests for more than a year. The video essay examines what united and divided the various factions of the 2020/21 farmer protests and their misrepresentation in the media. 

The video has been produced by Paul Hartinger. Paul based in Germany, was for an exchange semester at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. There he got influenced by Purvi Vyas lecture about food politics and started to research on the status of agrarian communities in India.