India’s farmer protests go global on Twitch, Discord

Mumbai: Last week, Hasan Piker, an American millennial with Turkish roots, dedicated one hour of his 10-hour session on video-live-streaming platform, Twitch, to the ongoing farmer protests in India. Minutes into the segment, his comment feed started showing one in every 6-7 responses from users claiming to be of Indian origin.

Though India is not even among the top five markets for the Amazon-owned platform, the session — by the political commentator/gamer/live-streamer with over a million followers — was a hit. It especially resonated with Indian fans, mostly from the Gen Z cohort.