Sudhir KumarAIR 42 · CSE 2017 · 224 wordsTheir whole copy
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Agrarian relations in rural india were traditionally based on concept of rules of subjugation and superiority - mostly dominated by castes. Agrarian relations expand through whole of rural structure, and not just to agriculture.
Land reforms, started in 1960s with tenancy legislation, land ceiling etc has changed agrarian relations -
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- Dhanagare tells that now agrarian relation are not based on superiority, rather class based as workers work for wages on land, rather than any moral bounding.
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Daniel Thorner introduces concepts of kisans, Malik, Mazdurs to explain the complex structure and phenomena of 'absentee landlords'. The peasants who actually sow the land is not the real owner.
Satish Deshpande explains about marginalization of lower castes and no significant changes in their position of being landless.
Land reforms had a clear intent of dividing land among landless, but have failed miserably. Though structure of agrarian relations have changed from jajmani to a mix of capitalism and socialism, yet still class-caste nexus is very strong.
MN Srinivas brings the point of dominant castes capturing lands and usurping upper castes from their position. Andre Beteille talks about that now in agrarian structure, different castes are dominant in different spheres of caste, class, power. Like Brahmans dominant in caste, jats dominant in power, Baniyas dominant in class.
So, the continuum of agrarian relations is changing and shifting paradigms.