https://mainstreamweekly.net/ Mainstream Weekly ISSN (Mainstream Online) : 2582-7316 Author Submission Guidelines Mainstream's Privacy Policy Donate to Support Mainstream Weekly en SPIP - www.spip.net https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH42/siteon0-5599c.jpg?1780229567 https://mainstreamweekly.net/ 42 144 https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article384.html https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article384.html 2007-10-30T23:23:53Z text/html en Anilkumar Sharma <p>BOOK REVIEW <br class='autobr' /> River Stones (novel) by Kota Neelima; Book Wise, New Delhi; pp. 300. <br class='autobr' /> The author highlights the sad plight of the poor farmers from different angles: failure of crops, the farmers' inability to clear debts, especially to private moneylenders, starvation, hunger deaths and suicides due to desperation and many more reasons. <br class='autobr' /> The relief packages and welfare schemes earmarked by the government are an eyewash— because not even 10 per cent of the money allocated is reaching the (…)</p> - <a href="https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/rubrique38.html" rel="directory">October 27, 2007</a>