• Monday, 4th May 2026

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Jaideep Hardikar

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Jaideep Hardikar

Environment

After the deluge, a flood of calls

Unprecedented rainfall in 2025 took a severe mental and emotional toll on Maharashtra’s farmers, already reeling under successive years of…
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Young farmers: educated, unemployed and unmarried

In Yavatmal, and across most of rural Maharashtra, there is a ‘marriage’ crisis: men are unable to find brides; young…
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‘Ask us what we need and want’

In Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, iron-ore mines in forested areas have destroyed the habitats and culture of the tribal population. For…
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Dukkarwale mama is a man in a hurry!

Vitthal Badkhal is a godsend for farmers in and around Chandrapur district and the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve. ‘Dukkarwale mama’…
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Water will cost a lot more as India grapples with the worst crisis ever

The unprecedented water crisis in half the country this year have sent alarm bells ringing. But warning signs have been…
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Tigress T1’s trail of attacks and terror

Before the tigress was shot dead on November 2, T1 killed at least 13 people over two years in Yavatmal….
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When I see him back home, I thank the tiger

Though Shankar Atram, a terrified cattle herder in Yavatmal, fashioned a near-comical flimsy ‘body armour’ against the recently-killed T1, for…
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The storm brewing in India’s cotton fields

Bt-cotton occupies 90 per cent of the land under cotton in India – and the pests that this GM variety…
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With No Water and Many Loans, Farmers’ Deaths Are Rising in Tamil Nadu

The water supply line that siphons water from the middle of the riverbed through a huge borewell to the nearby…
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Jaideep Hardikar

Jaideep Hardikar is a senior journalist and PARI Roving Reporter, based in Nagpur. He is author of Ramrao: The story of India’s farm crisis.

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A curated gallery of books authored by Jaideep Hardikar, with covers, concise blurbs, critical reviews, and purchase links.

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