P Sainath : The Real Picture
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Mar 19 2009
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
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HDI Oscars: Slumdogs versus millionaires
What does it mean to rank much better on GDP per capita than in the HDI, as we do? It means we have been less successful in converting income into human development, writes P Sainath.
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Feb 15 2009
ECONOMIC MELTDOWN
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Whose crisis is it, anyway?
Through January the US has seen the loss of 17,000 jobs every day since the meltdown began in September. Here in India, too, things are slipping but the lessons remain unlearnt, writes P Sainath.
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Dec 21 2008
FARMER SUICIDES
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Over 16,600 farmer suicides in 2007
The broad trends of the past decade seem unshaken. Farmer suicides in the country since 1997 now total 182,936, but the real causes behind this devastation remain unaddressed, reports P Sainath.
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Nov 21 2008
U S AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
The Jurassic auto and idea park
U S AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY : The Jurassic auto and idea park
The U.S. auto giants are an example of how things work in the age of unbridled corporate power. Of how the collapse of restraint on that power fractures economy and society, writes P Sainath.
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Jul 13 2008
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
NREGA hits buses to Mumbai
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE : NREGA hits buses to Mumbai
The rural employment guarantee programme is life-saving. This time round, the poor have slightly more money than they did earlier. But all prices are up. P Sainath reports.
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Jul 13 2008
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE
NREGA: A fine balance
EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE : NREGA: A fine balance
The employment guarantee in rural areas is having multiple and layered effects. With better wages, the bargaining power of the weakest has gone up a notch. P Sainath reports.
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Jun 23 2008
FERTILIZER SHORTAGES
From market yard to police yard
FERTILIZER SHORTAGES : From market yard to police yard
Fertilizer shortages have sparked unrest across large swathes of rural Maharashtra and other States as well. In Washim, every constable and officer is deployed right within the police compound, distributing fertilizer. P Sainath reports.
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Jun 05 2008
ANDHRA PRADESH BY-ELECTIONS
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Jadcherla 13 draw votes from main parties
In Jadcherla, 13 candidates fought the same Assembly seat but contested for, not against one another. P Sainath reports.
May 31 2008
OPINION
They lock on to the NREGA
OPINION : They lock on to the NREGA
The complaints are many and often justified. People are sometimes exasperated by the way the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme works. But there is unanimity on its worth and value, writes P Sainath.
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May 20 2008
OPINION
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Of loan waivers and tax waivers
An overwhelming majority of Vidharbha's farmers do not gain from the farm loan waiver because they are too 'big.' But the IPL waiver goes to some of India's richest millionaires and billionaires. They aren't too big, writes P Sainath.
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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.