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Was the dear departed Rajan of Madurai a loser?
He became an activist when he was hardly 18, perhaps. Thanks to the horrible misuse of the body and total irresponsibility, he was down with a stroke when he was no more than 45 years of age, and died 15 years later. Thus, for less than three decades, he had...
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Arundhati Roy: How Modi 3.0 may well be more virulent
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Tamils prefer Edappadi to Modi, Shah, Annamalai combined
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How Modi avoided India Shining by not being Vajpayee
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"Dear Farmers" by Prabu MJ
- Let’s talk about, or rather, share our experiences
- Please ponder the link between chemical pesticides and suicides
- Don’t be stuck on paddy but do your research before moving on to other crops
- Here’s how a cotton farmer bucked the trend in Wardha and turned a profit
- We can transform our village just like this Pudukottai village did
- Bringing ponds back to life brought livelihoods back to farmers
- How to Make Farming Remunerative: A million dollar question?
- Dependence on chemicals increases debt and suffering
- For those city-bred professionals who have taken to farming, it’s time to turn your back on green revolution
- It takes little to set up a factory that makes manure
- Why not rope in marketing professionals – dhabawallas, for instance?
- An outdated and skewed farm policy works against the Indian farmer, not for him
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