Has A Bloody Harvest Begun?
I completed 58 years of being alive, on this earth, as a citizen of this country, on the 14th of February, 2019. Normally the day for quiet celebration, this Thursday …
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Profex Super pesticide poisoning of farmers in Yavatmal and crucial questions
Varying accounts report between 9 and 18 deaths in 15 days and 800 instances of poisoning and 25 losing vision among farmers and farm labourers after spraying Profex Super pesticide …
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Roads washed in drought hit Yavatmal for Chief Minister’s visit
When a village decides to wash roads with water during drought, because the Chief Minister is to visit.
Multiple loans and a long summer ahead
Sheela Rathod was the first to consume a bottle of weedicide in their home. An hour later, as she was being rushed to a government hospital, her husband Mohan, consumed …
kavitha, a story of hope and despair
I met kavitha during my visit to Pandharkawada village, Yavatmal district, Vidarbha This is the story of Kavitha, who is a mother, a babhi, a daughter, a wife, a homemaker, …
Interest free loans for Vidarbha Farmers
The ongoing project to help the Vidarbha farmers has reached its third phase. The third phase will focus on building a fund which will be used to provide interest free loans …
A scream into the void of apathy #GajendraSingh #FarmerSuicide
It was inevitable. The building farmer frustration is ready to explode. If not Gajendra Singh, it would be someone else. The writing has been on the wall. There is torment …
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Two Suicides, and the end of a promise
Recently in Wardha and Yavatmal (Vidarbha, Maharashtra) Moreshwar Chaudhary was 32; Suraj Bhoyar, 29. On a wintry December 8, last, the two cotton growers consumed Monocrotophous, a commonly used pesticide, …
Raj Thackeray and the toll plaza controversy
Raj Thackeray is making news with the toll plazas again with 4 road toll booths vandalized. Earlier this month it was Shiv Sena that torched 3 road toll collection booths. …