drought
Waiting For El Niño
Madhavankutty Pillai
India’s run of good monsoons is possibly ending because of a weather phenomenon at the other end of the planet
The Monsoon Mantra
Welcoming the first rains in Chennai with a tribe of weathermen who have witnessed two man-made catastrophes in the past four years: the floods of 2015 and the water crisis that shut down parts of the city last month
Aurangabad Farmer: ‘Let Me Die’
Driven to desperation by debt, an Aurangabad farmer seeks government permission to kill himself
Bundelkhand: Everybody Loves a Good Pre-Election Drought
With UP polls approaching, political parties once again come courting Bundelkhand farmers, 400 of whom have committed suicide in the past year
FARMER ENTRAPPED
Incentives to help farmers stay put in agriculture are a short cut, and the Centre should focus on shifting them away to lucrative avenues
Scorched Life
Haima Deshpande visits the suicide-hit districts of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra to find lives maimed by debt, disease and poverty
Harvest of Distress
The villages of Mathura, a district of stark contrasts just 155 km from Delhi, are reeling from the worst agrarian crisis in a decade
The Strange Trajectory of an Agitation
After Ajit Pawar’s urination comment, a group protesting shoddy drought relief finds unexpected momentum
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