P Sainath : The Real Picture
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Jul 01 2004
Seeds of suicide - II
: Seeds of suicide - II
Seeds, fertilizer and pesticide dealers are at the centre of a growing controversy in Andhra Pradesh. They are the new moneylenders to a peasantry strapped for credit. P Sainath concludes his series on farmer suicides in AP.
Jun 01 2004
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Death of a carpenter
P Sainath.
Jun 01 2004
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When farmers die
Almost every sector failed the Andhra Pradesh farmer - the Government, the political class, intellectuals, planners, human rights groups, a once-activist judiciary and the media, says P Sainath.
Jun 01 2004
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Sinking borewells, rising debt
P Sainath.
May 01 2004
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Andhra's electoral earthquake
P Sainath on the fault lines in Andhra that led to the ouster of the Chandrababu Naidu led Telugu Desam Party.
May 01 2004
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Pick your favourite millionaire
Even allowing for under-valuation, many candidates are worth crores officially. P Sainath looks through election candidates' disclosures in Andhra Pradesh.
May 01 2004
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Mass media versus mass reality
The media have decided that 70 per cent of the population does not make news. The electorate has decided otherwise. P Sainath contrasts expectations before the elections with actual outcomes, and finds plenty that should have been always evident.
Apr 01 2004
The millions who cannot vote
: The millions who cannot vote
By having elections at a time when people are forced to migrate in search of work, we are simply excluding an ever-growing number of citizens from the vote, says P Sainath.
Mar 01 2004
The feel good factory
: The feel good factory
The India Shining advertisement campaign is a government-media joint venture, says P Sainath.
Feb 01 2004
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The Tower of Gabble
P Sainath makes the case for sustainable rhetoric.

Palagummi Sainath is the winner of the 2007 Ramon Magsaysay award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts. (click to read India Together's interview with P Sainath)

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Over decades of reporting, he has established himself as among the pre-eminent chroniclers of rural life in our times. His stories, photo-essays, and other work record an India seldom visible to many of us. Sainath received the A.H. Boerma Award in 2001 for his contributions. In July 2004, he was awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in political reporting and analysis for 2003-04 in recognition of his 'outstanding, indeed exceptional, work on the problems of the poorest of the poor, especially in Andhra Pradesh.' He is the Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu.