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At the height of the farmers’ movement unfolding at the Delhi border, sociologist Virinder Kalra spent time among the protesters, listening to their testimonies, observing everyday life in the encampments, and documenting the cultural expressions that flourished there. In this book, he offers a comprehensive account of the historic movement. Drawing on farm union publications, digital archives, and his own fieldwork, he situates the protest within a longer history of agrarian struggle.

This anthology reveals multi-faceted struggles that individuals confront as they navigate their fears, traumas and desires through their lives. Be it a working woman in an abusive marriage who finally finds the courage to seek help, a mother who has to choose between the government and rebels to keep her child safe, a wife who must come to terms with lost motherhood or a marriage stifled by megalomania, these stories mirror deep-rooted fractures both at a personal and social level.

From a childhood of poverty in Vadnagar to the Prime Minister’s Office, Narendra Modi’s journey is portrayed as destiny in motion — rooted in spirituality, shaped by the Sangh, and defined by his years of Gujarat’s development that became a model for the nation. Rich in anecdotes, political drama and spiritual insight, the author offers a narrative “of the man who transformed India from a country into a confident nation”.