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Deep Dives
The breeze that began to flow around noon had by the evening grown into a …
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Columns
A curated selection of long-form narratives, investigations, and field dispatches.
- April 5, 2026
- January 28, 2026
- January 21, 2026
- December 10, 2025
Budget hasn’t provided any relief on MEP or export duty. Will distressed farmers and traders speak as angrily in Maharashtra assembly elections, as they did…
- November 5, 2025
A debt waiver promise, global headwinds, and local politics collide as Bacchu Kadu’s protest turns Maharashtra’s agrarian distress into a renewed call for accountability When…
- October 25, 2025
If policymakers fail to act or recognise that ‘normal’ weather no longer exists, 2026 and our future will see such stories morph from episodic occurrences…
- Articles
Articles and Stories
Explore Some of my past stories and writings from the conflict-ridden regions
- August 24, 2015
When Maoists took 250 villagers hostage in Chhattisgarh on May 9, initial reports tied it…
- July 13, 2015
Stigma of discredited militia a hurdle for anti-Maoist fighters
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- June 30, 2015
If the call of family life has played a part in weaning away Maoist cadres…
- May 29, 2015
From a distance, the one-room brick house with a tin shed looks like an abandoned…
- July 19, 2014
To most of India, a 14-inch, black-and-white “portable” TV would be a relic from a…
- Books
Books Showcase
A selection of published works on rural India, development, environment, and society.
Millions of people are displaced every year by development schemes such as the construction of dams, national parks, factories, SEZs, mines and thermal power plants.
One morning in 2014, Ramrao Panchleniwar, an ordinary cotton grower in Maharashtra’s infamous Vidarbha region, consumed two bottles of pesticide in a bid to commit
- Research
Research & Papers
Academic writings, working briefs, and research documents rooted in field experience.
The document discusses the agrarian crisis facing the cotton farmers of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra,
Agrarian Crisis and Women (and seasonal migration) Abstract: Agrarian crisis – symbolized by the continuing
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Archives
Quick field notes, essays, columns, and commentary on current socio-economic, political, and environmental developments.
Vidarbha’s Agrarian Crisis and Suicides
The document discusses the agrarian crisis facing the cotton farmers
Five million women, one support group
This series explores the profound changes India is undergoing. And
Congress of Today is Not Ready to be the Common Denominator, the Masses Must Force Open Its Doors
The Congress won’t and can’t on its own reinvent itself.
- Videos
Conversations & Field Videos
Interviews, field notes, visual stories, and panel discussions from across India’s hinterlands.
