The Future of India - Wed 6pm

There are multiple insurgencies all over India. Many of the struggles are taking place around the corporate exploitation of natural resources and the displacement of largely indigenous people who live in areas rich in minerals and timber. But there's a lot of push back. People are organizing to defend their land and culture against predatory corporations who are working hand in hand with the government. Nandini Sundar is prominent Indian academic who has spent much time doing research in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. She is a professor of sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University.