Bhaswati Sengupta

While lakhs of farmers across the country are demanding compensation for damaged crops, agriculturists and experts say the only viable solution to a large farming economy like India is to shift focus on long-term solutions. Bhaswati Sengupta writes for The Probe.

With crores of people still unable to access the government’s ration scheme, activists say the government must immediately conduct the census and widen the net for its coverage under the National Food Security Act.

The latest National Crime Records Bureau data on dowry deaths is revealing. The Probe’s Bhaswati Sengupta talks to Ankit Mishra, who has been knocking at various doors in Uttar Pradesh to bring his sister’s murderers to justice. Bhaswati reports that the institutionalisation of dowry, coupled with a sluggish justice delivery mechanism, has made the social evil of dowry a socially accepted practice in India.