P Sainath

NCRB 2016 data: Delayed NCRB report, added categories don't take away from grim reality of farmer suicides

The death of so many farmers in the country, now close to 3.5 lakh, has not led to radical policy changes to revitalise the agriculture sector. The farmer is once again caught in the grip of uncertain rains and debt, with little hope on the horizon. And the suicides continue, even if the NCRB introduces new categories and delays its own reports.

Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour documents dying livelihoods amid considerations of caste, gender

In Aparna Karthikeyan's Nine Rupees An Hour, one can find the vestiges of dwindling livelihoods and a dying culture narrated in the voices of the rural populace engaged in these age-old artisanal occupations.

Invisible Women, Visible Work: P Sainath's photos document the labour and lives of Indian rural women

The exhibition, documenting the ‘astonishing labour that poor women put in every day of their lives and the gigantic – yet unacknowledged – contribution they make to national economy’ was first inaugurated in the winter of 2002 at a conference of All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) in Visakhapatnam.

Farmers' protest in Delhi: Cultivators march to Ramlila Maidan to demand special session of Parliament

Thousands of farmers staged a rally in Delhi to protest to demand better Minimum Support Price and loan waivers.

Farmers' protest in New Delhi: Cultivators from across India ready for march to Parliament to highlight agrarian crisis

Under the All India Kisan Sangharsh Samanvay Committee, thousands of farmers will be marching to the Parliament of India on Friday.

AIKSCC to organise farmers' march to Delhi from 28 Nov: Proposed agitation reflects neglect of agriculture over past decades

The AIKSCC — a coalition of about 200 farmers’ organisations from across India — is organising a march of farmers to Delhi — the Kisan Mukti March, later this month.

P Sainath continues to illuminate stories from the India the mainstream press forgot

'Between cynical pessimism and blind optimism, there exists a wide stretch called hope. I live there,' says veteran journalist P Sainath

Farmers' strike: Loan waiver not a solution; Mandsaur violence manifestation of larger crisis, says P Sainath

The issue of loan waiver should not be assessed by the Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra episodes of the last couple of days since there are far bigger issues in Indian agriculture, journalist P Sainath said in a live stream on Sunday.

Demonetisation: Nearly 50 people dead, but Modi govt views it as 'minor' inconvenience

At least 33 people have died because of demonetisation. But the Modi government is comparing the people's problems to child birth.

Money, Politics and Crime: Uncovering the vicious triangle that plagues the Indian polity

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.