Tuesday, November 27, 2007

1.5 Lakh Suicides 1997 - 2005 : Who is responsible?

The rich are getting reacher and the poor and forced to die !!

In a shocking revealation and thats true with all the media reports coming along.
Here is one news from rediff,

1.5 lakh farmers committed suicide between 1997 and 2005November 22, 2007
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The Sivakumars, Chennai-->A recent study conducted by Professor K Nagaraj, a senior economist specialising in rural development and agrarian issues at the Madras Institute of Development Studies on farmers' suicides, has come out with startling revelations.
His study says that 1.5 lakh farmers committed suicide between 1997 and 2005, and two thirds of them are from four states -- Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh (including the present Chhattisgarh). In this interview with contributing editor Shobha Warrier, he talks in detail about the study and its findings.


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