This blog is a result of a 7-day visit to the suicide capital of India- Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. This region has reported thousands of farmer suicides and suicides still continue. Covering deprivation is a part of my course at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. I, along with 9 other classmates and a professor Mahalakshmi Jayaram visited a couple of villages in the Wardha district and Yavatmal district, spoke to lot of farmers and met a couple of widows. This trip has been an eye-opener for most of us and the apathy of the government is but apparent. It is shocking to see the farmer who provides food for us is starving and is constantly pushed to the edge.
I will write a series of posts...village wise and try and put in words, all that we encountered there...apart from posting some related articles and links. Will also put up some pics. This blog is my attempt to reach out to my fellow Indians out there, who are but oblivious to the real world out there..Its easy for us urban Indians who have had access to everything from electricity to education to crib for IT corridors and golden quadrilaterals..and feel good when the rupee strengthens..but we have to also realise that all this is happening at a cost...often at the cost of those millions living in the rural part of our paradoxical country..
Hope to get a good response...or atleast reach out to some people!!
3 comments:
Excellent endeavour. Appreciate it :)
tats really nice da.. looking forward to read all the articles you write [:)]
Continue with the work :)
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