Modi gonna Modi And of course, why would the MSM report it?: Indian Farmers Lead Historic Strike & Protests Against Narendra Modi, Neoliberalism & Inequality The farmer revolt comes as some 250 million workers across the country took part in the largest strike in history against the Modi government’s neoliberal labor reforms. We speak with P. Sainath, a longtime Indian journalist and the founder of People’s Archive of Rural India, or PARI, who describes why working-class Indians are standing up against “absolutely vicious” new rules that were rammed through Parliament, and the protests show no signs of stopping.