Though much of the world first saw heavy coverage of protests on India’s Republic Day in January, these protests have swept across India since August 2020. From Odisha and Karnataka to Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh, farmers have spent months demonstrating against Modi’s economic reforms. Despite sowing season coming up, many of them are sticking the protests out on the frontlines – at personal cost. But despite multiple farmer suicides, violence by both government-backed thugs and angry protesters, and a fairly sharp government response to the protests, Modi seems determined to push his free-market agenda.