Mainstream WeeklyEight 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)