Blogs about: Farmer Suicides
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On NPR: Organic Farming in Punjab
In India, Bucking The ‘Revolution’ By Going Organic Interesting quote from the article: Environmental groups in India estimate that more than 300,000 farmers like Sharma have switched to o… more →
Sapna in Kerala
The Green Solution-3
sidinthegreyzone wrote 3 days ago: In this part, I look at the broader aspect of saving lakes, rivers and agriculture reforms. This is … more →
Shilpa Shetty's Wedding and Dance of death
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संदीप नारायण शेळके wrote 3 weeks ago: This post is being written to keep the world updated about the daily farmer suicide cases in Bharat. … more →
Food for Thought - The Hunger Merchants
tailrace wrote 1 month ago: During the recent World Summit on Food Security held in Rome, political leaders across the globe ple … more →
Failure of Democracy in India-Say no to use of Army and Air Force against our own people
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umarkhalid87 wrote 1 month ago: How many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn’t see … more →
Not just about the celebs
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voicesinmyhead wrote 3 months ago: OK, so here come the brickbats. After writing an entry under confessed pressure, I was matter-of-fac … more →
The costs of corruption: Hunger in India. (Where do food and farm subsidies go?)
Ashima Chopra wrote 4 months ago: Report highlights hunger in India India is emerging as the world centre of hunger and malnutrition, … more →
On NPR: Organic Farming in Punjab
supersaps wrote 6 months ago: In India, Bucking The ‘Revolution’ By Going Organic Interesting quote from the article: … more →
Farmer Suicides
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zarc42 wrote 7 months ago: Recently I was horrified to learn that mass suicide due to debt is not uncommon in some parts of the … more →
Mourning with No End
Robin Reichhardt wrote 8 months ago: In the dark, Global North: “Green Revolution Trapping India’s Farmers in Debt” air … more →
The Anatomy of a Suicide
Manoj wrote 8 months ago: For nearly a decade, the last five years in particular, we have seen images and heard numerous stori … more →
The other side of farmer suicide (2008)
cplim wrote 8 months ago: Since 1995, India has seen an almost 50 per cent increase in the occurrences of farmer suicides. In … more →
Government encourages farmer's suicides
citizenjournalisms wrote 9 months ago: The Punjab government has announced relief to distressed farmers in heavy debt. The Punjab governmen … more →
Can we avoid farmer suicides?
janyaa wrote 11 months ago: Agriculture seems to be more of hardwork for farmers, than science. And it is for this reason, we se … more →
Meanwhile,
Deepak Iyer wrote 1 year ago: Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of farmer’ suicides among all states. About 12 fa … more →
A depressing graph
supersaps wrote 1 year ago: Rate of suicides = the number of suicides per one lakh (100,000) population. Kerala is #3. In 2006 … more →
Crop Insurance in India: Farmer's need a better deal
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Vikram wrote 1 year ago: This post is on a fairly technical subject, but one of extreme importance. Being a farmer is an extr … more →
Yunus inspires a bollywood movie character
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Santhosh wrote 1 year ago: Once in a while, its not uncommon to see a Bollywood movie taking on a pertinent social issue and th … more →
India's Money Lenders - The Colonial Stereotypes
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Anuraag Sanghi wrote 1 year ago: “Families have lost land, farmers have been asked to prostitute their wives to pay off debts … more →
Farmer Suicides Continue
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prernasri wrote 1 year ago: As an update to a previous post, “Seeds of Discontent,” InfoChange India reports that despite the re … more →
