Contemplating suicide
Suicide is a taboo subject for conversation. Particularly what makes a person want to commit suicide or what to say in the face of their pain.
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P. Sainath
Why a tag like #JaiKisan is necessary
A Twitter tag #JaiKisan is attempting to educate Indians on the realities and conditions of farmers in India. Farmers produce the country’s food. They purchase inputs at retail prices, sell produce
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Jallikattu is not bullfighting – it needs its own debate
I have refrained from commenting on jallikattu for a long time, mainly because I don’t have any real experience or concrete insight on the subject (yes, that does prevent me
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Drought and Farmer Suicides 101 for Manu Joseph
Not sure how to do this, given that this is a data free hatchet job by Manu Joseph. So it isn’t like he is claiming that his absurd claims are
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Animal husbandry, cattle slaughter and economic viability in five images
In an attempt to bring reason to the debate on cow slaughter bans, I have tried to present data from Maharashtra where the broadening of an existing ban on the
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Fudging NCRB Data #infographic
The ways in which state governments have misrepresented farmer suicides in the NCRB data and the NCRB published manipulated data without audit.
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Error in farmer suicide data in Business Standard piece
Business Standard has written a piece challenging the data on farmer suicides from Uttar Pradesh titled “As farmers commit suicide, Uttar Pradesh hides their deaths”. It is a pretty good
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Was there a script for Modi for PM and Kejriwal for CM?
There seems to be a fringe theory floating around about a larger international conspiracy (CIA etc) influencing Indian politics using the Ford Foundation (among other things). The Great Game India
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Election Commission finds Ashok Chavan guilty of fudging accounts
The Election Commission has issued notice to Ashok Chavan for fudging poll expenses and asking him why he should not be disqualified (a pointless question, me thinks – what possible answer
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