Jyoti’s poem draws inspiration from Dinabandhu Mitra’s 1858–1859 Bengali play “Nil Darpan: The Indigo Planting Mirror” about the eco-political exploitation by the British colonizers in the early 19th century in Bihar and Bengal. Her poem is about the first national freedom movement in Champaran led by Gandhi in 1917-1918 and reflects on the ongoing struggles of farmers today.