Truemorsthis is the widow we featured in one of the stories, her husband, a cotton farmer, committed suicide after years of debt
Nanda
by Jonathan Elliott | May 6, 2008 at 01:26 am | 71 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
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No let up in India farm suicides
Despite Indian government's special package to millions of debt ridden farmer, Incidence of suicide among Indian farmers has continued to rise.
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The rate of farmer suicides in India's Maharashtra state has... 
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Jonathan Elliottat 01:28 on May 6th, 2008
This woman's husband killed himself by drinking weedkiller in 2005, she lost her land and livelihood and now works as a day labourer for less than 50 cents a day. She has two children to support.