P Sainath : The Real Picture
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Oct 13 2007
OPINION
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'Incredible India' right here at home
The week-long 'Incredible India' campaign in New York aimed at boosting the vibrant image of an emerging, powerful India at 60 and showcasing its diversity. But the real action was at home, writes P Sainath.
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Sep 16 2007
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Nine decades of non-violence
FREEDOM FIGHTERS : Nine decades of non-violence
Countless rural Indians sacrificed much for India's freedom, to fade into oblivion later, seeking neither reward nor recognition. Gandhian Baji Mohammed, who has been active for 70 years in one or the other cause, is amongst the last of this dying tribe, writes P Sainath.
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Aug 18 2007
FREEDOM FIGHTERS
The last battle of Laxmi Panda
FREEDOM FIGHTERS : The last battle of Laxmi Panda
Countless ordinary Indians sacrificed much for Independence without a thought of reward. Much of that generation has died out. Most others are very old, and several are ailing or otherwise in distress. Many in rural India, like Laxmi Panda, have lost much and gained little, writes P Sainath.
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Aug 01 2007
INTERVIEW
"Invisible India is the elephant in your bedroom"
INTERVIEW : "Invisible India is the elephant in your bedroom"
Ashwin Mahesh talks with 2007 Ramon Magsaysay award winner P. Sainath.
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Jul 27 2007
RELIEF PACKAGES
Vidarbha's one-litre-per-cow package
RELIEF PACKAGES : Vidarbha's one-litre-per-cow package
By the Maharashtra government's own count, the 14,221 high-breed cows it gave farmers in Vidarbha add just 1.16 litres each to the milk collection in the region. These cows have cost already indebted farmers over Rs.7.5 crore. P Sainath reports.
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Jul 14 2007
FARMING WIDOWS
Weaving a life in Anantapur
FARMING WIDOWS : Weaving a life in Anantapur
Families left behind by farmers who committed suicide face up to the odds, fighting for survival so that the next generation might do better. As one farm widow puts it, "it is all for the children, sir. Our time has gone". P Sainath reports.
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Jun 22 2007
FARMING CRISIS
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Unwilling parents, unwary orphans
In Anantapur, farm suicides are fewer than they were in 2002. But they still happen and could rise again in this fragile region. As elsewhere, agriculture is plagued by uncertainty, writes P Sainath.
Jun 17 2007
OPINION: INEQUALITY
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CEOs and the wealth of notions
Gross inequality does far more than breed resentment. It destroys millions of lives, devastates the access of the poor to basic needs, dehumanises both its victims and its votaries, and undermines democracy itself, writes P Sainath.
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Jun 13 2007
FARMING CRISIS
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In Yavatmal, life goes on
P Sainath
May 29 2007
AGRICULTURAL CRISIS
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Farmer's diet worse than a convict's
Several women in Karnataka's Mandya district like Jayalakshmamma, whose husband committed suicide four years ago, still stand up to the unending pressure with incredible resilience, writes P Sainath.

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.