Eight more kisan suicides in one day
Gajanan Sadashiv Chaudhari of Nandura Khurd
Atul Manohar Sabre of Manakwadi
Naresh Bakaram Meshram of Walgaon
Gajanan Babarao Thombre of Amti
Laxman Bapurao Chaudhari of Barzadi
Natthu Raghoji Shrirame of Dahoti
Shaligram Farfat of Khandvi
Ajabrao Ramji Sonone of Sukanda
The count this year, till now Nine hundred and nine.
Do you want to kill yourself here? Or migrate to the Megapolis to a slow death? Who is next? Please line up. A firing squad with silencer muzzled guns will be more painless, silent and instant.
Your cries will never pass muster through the cordons of the Temple usurped by pygmies wallowing in farcical one-upmanship.
There is a cost to everything a price to pay someone, somewhere, some day will pay for this. It won’t be long! It won’t be long!
November 24, 2006 Suhas Borker
(Suhas Borker is an independent documentary filmmaker and social activist based in New Delhi)