Drought Is Not Simply a Natural Calamity, It Is Also Driven by Commercial Greed
In his foreword to Kavitha Iyer's book 'Landscapes of Loss', P. Sainath writes about the commodification of water and the thriving 'thirst economy' in the Marathwada region.
Representative image of a handpump. Photo: nevil zaveri/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
As India witnesses its largest-ever farmers’ agitation,
Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought, a new book by Kavitha Iyer, takes a close look at several of the deeper issues that have been afflicting the country’s farming community for decades now and brought it to this desperate pass.