• Sunday, 3rd May 2026

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Jaideep Hardikar

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Jaideep Hardikar

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Between life and death – a drought

The farmers of Thayanur village, Tamil Nadu, are facing a huge crisis that transcends the drought – and as the…
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At a ‘100-day’ site, the elderly battle drought

In Tamil Nadu’s once-fertile Cauvery delta, a long and severe drought has wrecked farming. In many villages, the young have…
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Distress and death in the delta

A long drought in Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta has triggered a series of farmers’ deaths due to heart attacks. The…
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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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