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Post by Rishi Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:00 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/world/asia/after-farmers-commit-suicide-debts-fall-on-families-in-india.html?_r=0

Mr. Bhiksham listened to two women recite the details of their husbands’ deaths, and then began to speak. The real problem, he said, was that their husbands drank too much.

“In India we have a lot of problems, and we have to live with them,” he replied. “You have problems, and you have to live with them. Drinking is a major problem for most of the families. One has to learn to run the family with whatever resources one has.” He went on to say that he had never in his career encountered a genuine case of farmer suicide. “We all have freedom to choose our own livelihoods,” he said, primly, “and the land here is fertile.”


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