Aug
23
There is no other media support as well. Our TV channels are still entertainment oriented! The Indian agriculture is supposed to be the largest economic and social sector. This much is admitted and appreciated. But there is no real appreciation as there are no bodies where the farmers representatives or spokespersons are prominently allowed or [...]
Aug
18
So, agriculture is now a game?
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Who is playing whose game? Agriculture is for the farmers? Or for the starving poor? Or, for the election-eyed street-smart politicians? The Prime Minister and the Agriculture Minister nowhere in this game? Supreme Court pulls up the Central government! Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council and the experts and media stars would battle it out? Yes, [...]
Jun
16
On the farmers suicides! The 2011 population census will give the number of farmers correctly? Or, we will resort to fudge figures like BPL and APL? And also hide figures for the farmers’ suicides? Farmer’s suicides: the eligibility criteria are a great insult to our sense humanity! Farmers’ suicides? A boring news? Yes, it has [...]