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P Sainath

167 articles · 2003–2013

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  1. Paid news undermines democracy

    Opinion · Elections · The Press · 14 May 2013

  2. Some states fight the trend, but still ...

    Opinion · Agriculture · 8 December 2011

  3. The pay-to-print saga resumes

    Opinion · The Press · 29 October 2011

  4. The great drain robbery

    Opinion · Economy · 19 November 2010

  5. The narcissism of the neurotic

    Opinion · Society · 19 October 2010

  6. Food security, by definition

    Opinion · Food Security · Maharashtra · 5 September 2010

  7. Oliver Twist seeks food security

    Opinion · Food Security · 16 August 2010

  8. Private Treaties harm fair, unbiased news, says SEBI

    Opinion · Media · 16 August 2010

  9. The Empire strikes back - and how!

    Opinion · Elections · Media · 5 August 2010

  10. Food security - of APL, BPL and IPL

    Opinion · Food Security · 7 July 2010

  11. The colour of water

    Opinion · Water · 2 May 2010

  12. How to feed your billionaires

    Opinion · Public Funds · 19 April 2010

  13. Yet another pro-farmer budget!

    Opinion · Agriculture · 4 March 2010

  14. Farm suicides: A 12-year saga

    Opinion · Agriculture · 3 February 2010

  15. Nearly 2 lakh farm suicides since 1997

    Opinion · Agriculture · 25 January 2010

  16. Mass media: masses of money?

    Opinion · Elections · Media · Maharashtra · 25 December 2009

  17. It is shameful to misguide people

    Opinion · Elections · Media · Maharashtra · 25 December 2009

  18. The "era of Ashok" - a new era for 'news'?

    Opinion · Elections · Media · Maharashtra · 6 December 2009

  19. The medium, message and money

    Opinion · Elections · Media · Maharashtra · 29 October 2009

  20. All fronts and no backs

    Opinion · Elections · Maharashtra · 10 October 2009

  21. The winter of our austerity

    Opinion · Elections · 10 October 2009

  22. Maharashtra polls, Act II Scene I

    Opinion · Elections · Maharashtra · 7 September 2009

  23. More migrations, new destinations

    Opinion · Society · Odisha · 15 August 2009

  24. Drought of justice, flood of funds

    Opinion · Public Funds · 15 August 2009

  25. Put your money down, boys

    Opinion · Society · Odisha · 15 August 2009

  26. Home, not so sweet home

    Opinion · Society · Odisha · 1 August 2009

  27. Turning Tamil swords into Oriya ploughshares

    Opinion · Society · Odisha · 1 August 2009

  28. The Age of the aam crorepati

    Opinion · Elections · 27 June 2009

  29. Price of rice, price of power

    Opinion · Elections · Poverty · 14 June 2009

  30. The dull days of White Gold

    Opinion · Agriculture · 8 April 2009

  31. HDI Oscars: Slumdogs versus millionaires

    Opinion · Economy · 19 March 2009

  32. Whose crisis is it, anyway?

    Opinion · Economy · 15 February 2009

  33. Over 16,600 farmer suicides in 2007

    Opinion · Agriculture · 21 December 2008

  34. The Jurassic auto and idea park

    Opinion · Health · Transport · 21 November 2008

  35. NREGA: A fine balance

    Opinion · Labour Issues · Andhra Pradesh · 13 July 2008

  36. NREGA hits buses to Mumbai

    Opinion · Labour Issues · Andhra Pradesh · 13 July 2008

  37. From market yard to police yard

    Report · Agriculture · Maharashtra · 23 June 2008

  38. Jadcherla 13 draw votes from main parties

    Opinion · Elections · Andhra Pradesh · 5 June 2008

  39. They lock on to the NREGA

    Opinion · Poverty · Andhra Pradesh · 31 May 2008

  40. Of loan waivers and tax waivers

    Opinion · Agriculture · Public Funds · 20 May 2008

  41. Between a rock and a hard place

    Opinion · Agriculture · 19 April 2008

  42. Oh! What a lovely waiver

    Opinion · Agriculture · 11 March 2008

  43. The glory days of the Raj?

    Opinion · Society · 12 February 2008

  44. Discrimination for dummies: V 2008

    Opinion · Caste · 19 January 2008

  45. India 2007: High growth, low development

    Opinion · Society · 26 December 2007

  46. Farm suicides worse after 2001

    Opinion · Society · 14 November 2007

  47. 1.5 lakh farm suicides in 1997-2005

    Opinion · Society · 14 November 2007

  48. Maharashtra: The graveyard of farmers

    Opinion · Society · 14 November 2007

  49. One farmer's suicide every 30 minutes

    Opinion · Society · 14 November 2007

  50. Indexing inhumanity, Indian style

    Opinion · Food Security · 2 November 2007

  51. 'Incredible India' right here at home

    Opinion · Society · 13 October 2007

  52. Nine decades of non-violence

    Opinion · Society · 16 September 2007

  53. The last battle of Laxmi Panda

    Opinion · Society · 18 August 2007

  54. Vidarbha's one-litre-per-cow package

    Opinion · Society · 27 July 2007

  55. Weaving a life in Anantapur

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 14 July 2007

  56. Unwilling parents, unwary orphans

    Opinion · Society · 22 June 2007

  57. CEOs and the wealth of notions

    Opinion · Society · 17 June 2007

  58. In Yavatmal, life goes on

    Opinion · Society · 13 June 2007

  59. Farmer's diet worse than a convict's

    Opinion · Society · 29 May 2007

  60. No place for single women

    Opinion · Poverty · Women · Andhra Pradesh · 28 May 2007

  61. Farming: It's what they do

    Opinion · Society · 24 May 2007

  62. Suicides are about the living, not the dead

    Opinion · Society · 21 May 2007

  63. Jailhouse talk a fate worse than debt

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 5 May 2007

  64. And now for a commercial break

    Opinion · Society · 11 April 2007

  65. And meanwhile in Vidarbha

    Opinion · Society · 10 April 2007

  66. Growth ideology of the cancer cell

    Opinion · Society · 11 March 2007

  67. It's been a hard day's night

    Report · Labour Issues · Poverty · Maharashtra · 12 February 2007

  68. When even Pax Romana seems gentler

    Opinion · Society · 30 January 2007

  69. Striking a note of dissent

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 28 January 2007

  70. And all the world's a stage

    Opinion · Society · 27 January 2007

  71. A forest road less travelled

    Opinion · Society · 23 January 2007

  72. Elite activism: can't vote, can vet

    Opinion · Elections · 14 January 2007

  73. The fear of democracy

    Opinion · Caste · 25 December 2006

  74. No sugar coated pills for cotton farmers

    Opinion · Society · 13 December 2006

  75. Shangri-La and sub-Saharan Africa

    Opinion · Society · 28 November 2006

  76. A fading cotton bumper crop

    Opinion · Society · 25 November 2006

  77. Till the cows come home

    Opinion · Society · 23 November 2006

  78. It's official: distress up, suicides apalling

    Opinion · Society · 22 November 2006

  79. Three 9/11s, choose your own

    Opinion · Society · 11 September 2006

  80. What the heart does not feel, ...

    Opinion · Society · 10 September 2006

  81. A withering crisis

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 4 September 2006

  82. A final note on credit

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 27 August 2006

  83. "Give us a price, not a package"

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 9 August 2006

  84. Politics of packages, packaging of politics

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 16 July 2006

  85. How Mumbai came to discover Vidarbha

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 30 June 2006

  86. Slowing down the suicides

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 15 June 2006

  87. Waiting for 'anna' in Vidarbha

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 29 May 2006

  88. Three weddings and a funeral

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 23 May 2006

  89. Thirst for profit

    Opinion · Water · 14 May 2006

  90. Will live ballots revive a dying economy?

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 25 April 2006

  91. India Shining meets the Great Depression

    Opinion · Media · 2 April 2006

  92. Privatisation, come hell or high water

    Opinion · Society · 22 March 2006

  93. Look to helpline, land in jail

    Opinion · Society · 18 March 2006

  94. 'Forced privatisation' of cotton

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 25 February 2006

  95. A scenario of post-mortems 24x7

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 25 February 2006

  96. Creative solutions, sarkari-style

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 25 February 2006

  97. The health of nations

    Opinion · Public Health · 11 January 2006

  98. The swelling 'register of deaths'

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 3 January 2006

  99. Cry, the beloved countryside

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 14 December 2005

  100. Falling farm incomes, growing inequities

    Opinion · Society · 22 November 2005

  101. Compassion at the top

    Opinion · Society · 12 November 2005

  102. Vidharbha awaits a deadly harvest

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 31 October 2005

  103. Shamrao Khatale breaks his appointment

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 31 October 2005

  104. The great Indian laughter challenge

    Opinion · Society · 16 October 2005

  105. Why urban AP's message is important

    Opinion · Society · 29 September 2005

  106. The riots and wrongs of caste

    Opinion · Caste · Maharashtra · 29 September 2005

  107. Mortgages are out, land grab is in

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 29 September 2005

  108. Chor Bt aur Bt chor

    Opinion · GM Crops · Maharashtra · 29 September 2005

  109. Of chit funds and loan lotteries

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 18 September 2005

  110. The farmer and his festival lights

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 18 September 2005

  111. A much larger house on fire

    Opinion · Caste · 6 September 2005

  112. The Raj and the famines of good governance

    Opinion · History · 20 August 2005

  113. The class war in Gurgaon

    Opinion · Labour Issues · 13 August 2005

  114. Health as someone else's wealth

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 1 July 2005

  115. As you sow, so shall you weep

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 30 June 2005

  116. No rain, but 'snow' and waterparks

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 28 June 2005

  117. Suicides: The price of power?

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 28 June 2005

  118. Russian roulette in Vidharbha

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 28 June 2005

  119. Whose suicide is it, anyway?

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 25 June 2005

  120. BHEL: The turtle and the hare-brained

    Opinion · Public Funds · 21 June 2005

  121. Six out of ten?

    Opinion · Society · 31 May 2005

  122. Water: How the deal was done

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 8 May 2005

  123. Maharashtra's coming water wars

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 8 May 2005

  124. The bank and the big bang

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 8 May 2005

  125. Weddings on hold as prices crash

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 28 February 2005

  126. Spice of life carries whiff of death

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 13 February 2005

  127. The unbearable lightness of seeing

    Opinion · Housing · 10 February 2005

  128. Coffee sails globally, sinks locally

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 7 February 2005

  129. Commerce and crisis hit students

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 31 January 2005

  130. Wayanad: Arrack as distress trade

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 10 January 2005

  131. Crisis drives the bus to Kutta

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 1 December 2004

  132. So near to God, so far from Heaven

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 1 December 2004

  133. Fewer jobs, more buses in Wayanad

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 1 December 2004

  134. Hope dies slowly in Wayanad

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 1 December 2004

  135. The cross and the crisis

    Opinion · Society · Kerala · 1 December 2004

  136. What happened in Vidarbha

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 1 October 2004

  137. Maharashtra: The last lap

    Opinion · Society · Maharashtra · 1 October 2004

  138. Renew lapsed farmers' insurance policies

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 September 2004

  139. Renew lapsed farmers' insurance policies

    Opinion · Society · 1 September 2004

  140. Andhra farmers lose crores in insurance

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 September 2004

  141. Jobs drought preceded farm crisis

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 August 2004

  142. The after-death industry

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 August 2004

  143. How the better half dies

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 August 2004

  144. How the better half dies - II

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 August 2004

  145. Anatomy of a health disaster

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  146. Chandrababu: Image and reality

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  147. Dreaming of water, drowning in debt

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  148. Micro-credit, maxi risk

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  149. Little panchayat, percentage raj

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  150. Seeds of suicide - II

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  151. Seeds of suicide - I

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2004

  152. Death of a carpenter

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2004

  153. When farmers die

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2004

  154. Sinking borewells, rising debt

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2004

  155. Andhra's electoral earthquake

    Opinion · Government · 1 May 2004

  156. Mass media versus mass reality

    Opinion · Elections · 1 May 2004

  157. Pick your favourite millionaire

    Opinion · Elections · 1 May 2004

  158. The millions who cannot vote

    Opinion · Elections · 1 April 2004

  159. The feel good factory

    Opinion · Society · 1 March 2004

  160. The Tower of Gabble

    Opinion · Society · 1 February 2004

  161. Warning: Monopoly Media

    Opinion · Media · Public Health · 1 August 2003

  162. Drought in the driver's seat

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 July 2003

  163. Chowkidar to the Empire?

    Opinion · Society · 1 July 2003

  164. The bus to Mumbai

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2003

  165. The wrong route out?

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2003

  166. Hi-tech, low nutrition

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2003

  167. A gruel-ing season

    Opinion · Society · Andhra Pradesh · 1 June 2003