Why Farmer Suicides can't be ignored anymore?

With Indian Media's misplaced reporting priorities and bull run after the TRPs, We have chosen to ignore the people who feed us. THE INDIAN FARMER

I and many others may not be experts about this topic. But being on Social Media you stumble upon so many stories and have an opinion on almost anything from Apple`s iphone 6 to Donald Trump, even though you know very little about the whole story. In all this overload of stupid, crappy, shitty information we miss out on something which is extremely important and a huge crisis.

On this lazy afternoon, I came across the story of Nana Patekar giving out cheques to the widows of the farmers who committed suicides.  The message was circulated on Social Media with a claim "Don`t commit suicide call me, Ill help you". I have to confess at this point of time, had this been someone else I would have chose to ignore it. Nana Patekar, a veteran actor and an honest man saying this was extremely heart warming. This was such a powerful message that it opened the eyes on a topic which was looming for ten years. This was our "Alyan Kurdi Moment".

Digging bit deeper, Nana Patekar has not only asked people to donate money but to spend a day or two with the villagers and understand their problems. As it is rightly said, Philanthropy  in India is not signing cheques but it is much more than that. It is an emotional help rather financial one.

Tacking the problem on its face, farmers have committed suicide due to various reasons. The primary reason being the drought like situation. Low pricing of grains, loans & debts, gambling issues are other reasons. An 11 billion dollar irrigation scam was truly a setback for the farmers and production of sugar canes, which has caused low fertile lands, these being the political obstacles. Coming to the last but the most important point, Relief packages not reaching the farmers.

Here`s what we can do,we can directly send money to the following bank details. 

Current Account Number: 35226127148

IFSC Code No: SBIN 0006319

Swift Code No: SBININBB238

Now that we have money, and a man like Nana Patekar, my wishes with him and the whole team.