For Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli, Between Life and Death Lies Drought
Amid a huge crisis that transcends the drought, some farmers of the region have died due to shock, while many others have committed suicide.
Jaideep Hardikar
With No Water and Many Loans, Farmers’ Deaths Are Rising in Tamil Nadu
While suicides and shock deaths have seen a sudden spike in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta region, the government does not believe the drought is the cause and is continuing to direct water away from rural areas.
A New Agrarian Season, but an Old and Futile Question for the Indian Farmer
Farmers are once again wondering which crop will fetch them guaranteed good returns.
Demonetisation Has Wrecked Farmers
Farmers in Vidarbha are being forced to incur terrible losses – by accepting lower prices, losing their perishable produce, or due to a fear of depositing cash payments in old notes in banks where they owe loan repayments.
Suicides by Debt-Ridden Farmers’ Children in Marathwada, Vidarbha Remain Unnoticed
Farmers’ children have taken their own lives in the past, but newspaper reports indicate that the incidence has spiked in the past two years.
