-GRIST Media If hard work and enterprise inevitably made you prosperous, every rural woman would be a millionaire. These women have borne the brunt of the radical, often brutal transformation of rural India these past two decades. Our writers examine the hardships they continue to face as well as their remarkable vision to solve some of the greatest problems of our times such as food security, environmental justice and developing a...

-The Indian Express We want Prime Minister Narendra Modi to succeed in his national campaign to tackle the vast problems of the poor in Bharat. But his one-time contractor turned Union minister for rural development is succeeding in making his own prime minister look contradictory and indecisive to the nation and the world. The prime minister talks about constructing toilets and improving sanitation, opening bank accounts for every poor, excluded family,...

-PTI In August last year, Parliament was informed that Maharashtra had witnessed 37 farmer Suicides due to agrarian reasons The number of farmer Suicides in Maharashtra is higher compared to other states in the country, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today. "As compared to other states, farmers Suicides are maximum in Maharashtra," Singh said without disclosing the details, on the sidelines of a book launch here. Asked about the reasons for growing...

-The Times of India BATHINDA (Punjab): Activists of farmers' body BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) and farm labourers' outfit Punjab Khet Mazdoor Union went to the office of Bathinda deputy commissioner and submitted the list of 99 peasants, who had committed Suicide in the district in 18 months between April 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014. Families of Suicide victims also assembled at Bathinda district administrative complex on Monday and sought a compensation...

-DNA Yavatmal (Maharashtra): As another election approaches Bothbodan village near Yavatmal tries to confront its own grim future. Two elections have gone by after Vinod Rathod, a cotton farmer in the village committed Suicide on January 25, 2003. It was one of the first farmer Suicides in the region that sparked off a fate of such Suicides which have continued to shock the country and reflects the sorry state of cotton farmers...