Farmers are in distress and the agrarian crisis is threatening the livelihood of many.
As I watched the sugarcane load of a tractor move on the high way, I could almost guess that the farmer would return after selling the sugar cane without receiving the payment. The waiting time to get their payment is six months or more in most of the states in India.
The factory owners are powerful and decide on the price and the time of payment. The farmers are helpless. Most of the farm produce need to sold soon after the harvest. So a farmer has not choice except go by what is imposed upon by the merchant lobby!
It is a distress that threaten the future of the farmers and the farming community!
Sometimes I wonder whether anyone cares! There have been at least seven national level protests by farmers in the recent months!
A society that ignores the wellness of the weaker sections is not just or fair!
Is this what we have become after seventy years of independence!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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