Scorched

The realities of the Indian farmers' protests and rural life.

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In a predominantly agrarian society, providers of food to millions struggle to eat and are often forced to kill themselves. Through the story of Raj Singh, a marginal peasant, and Jaswant, the tiller who consumed poison, but, eventually didn’t die – ‘Taapar’ (‘Scorched’) explores their aspirations and depicts the several problems that have engulfed farmers and their families for decades, and points to the exigency for a solution.