From another perspective, the fact that such a large piece of private land exists suggests that while those Indian landlords have disappeared into history, they have never left this ancient land.
For example, in Indian elections, the idea of one person, one vote may be prevalent, but the owner of a piece of land also has the votes of everyone on that land.
In other words, although Mr. Walton's family is no longer a landlord in name, in practice, their rule over this land is not much different from the era when the landlords were in power.
Although they have lost their tax collection rights, considering that the lower-class Indian farmers rent land from landlords and then pay rent, the Walton family's status should not be much different from the past.
