Cultural responses to farmers’ agitation and emerging popular protest music in Punjab

ABSTRACT This paper attempts to look at the ongoing farmers protest movement in North India and focuses on their cultural dimension, particularly so on the creative response generated. This paper is divided into three parts: (1) the genesis of the movement (2) the cultural and creative response to the protest movement and (3) a focus on the newly emerging popular protest music as a symbol of dissent and hope. Through the prism of the protest music changing dimensions and evolution of the farmers participation in the protest movement is chronicled.