“I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be no more India. Her own mission in the world will get lost.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
The dynamics of the rural pandemic are very different. There’s stigma, ostracism, rumour…a pall of fatalistic silence. So, village India lurches from zero healthcare to zero data.
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Heatwave-driven mental health disorders and farmer suicides are steeply on the rise but authorities are yet to take concrete steps
The warning signs are flashing for all to see. But no one is bothered. Not the people, nor the polity.
Forget escaping to Shimla or Manali in summers. The heatwave has hit Himachal Pradesh with extreme weather events and water scarcity
India has no policy for rehabilitating climate refugees even as the people living along coastal West Bengal and Odisha are exposed to greater vulnerability
Farmers are waking up to the threat of extreme heatwaves across India. Are our policymakers listening?
Updated: 28 May 2021 3:40 pm
“I would say that if the village perishes, India will perish too. India will be no more India. Her own mission in the world will get lost.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
Crushing Dreams And Livelihoods 
Demolishing Homes Of Poor And Minority Bulldozes Human Rights 
