Publications in Mass Media

The FAS team members and research collaborators have published following articles on the pandemic and agrarian conditions in India in different online and print journals.

  1. The perils of deregulated imperfect agrimarkets by R. Ramakumar in The Hindu view article

  2. Farmers’ protests in India turn into a tidal wave of anger by V. Sridhar in Frontline view article

  3. Long march to peasant unity by Ranjini Basu in Frontline view article

  4. High costs hurt farmers in lockdown year by Tapas Singh Modak in Frontline view article

  5. The Kerala government’s policy interventions — expanding price support and ensuring direct procurement of farm produce — present an alternative course for agricultural policies in India by Deepak Johnson in Frontline view article

  6. Why are farmers in Punjab and Haryana angry? by Soham Bhattacharya in Frontline view article

  7. Who will pay the price? by Biplab Sarkar and Soham Battacharya in Frontline view article

  8. Research debunks claim of India’s low COVID fatality rate by Soham Battacharya in The Federal view article

  9. An agriculture-led revival as flawed claim by R. Ramakumar in The Hindu view article

  10. The COVID19 pandemic crisis and the relevance of a farm-system-for-nutrition approach by R. V. Bhavani and R. Gopinath in Food Security view article

  11. The majority cannot afford a balanced diet by Madhura Swaminathan in The Hindu view article

  12. India’s Digital Divide: Who Faces it and How Wide is it? by Soham Bhattacharya and Tinanjali Dam in Newsclick.in view article

  13. Reset rural job policies, recognise women’s work by Madhura Swaminathan in The Hindu view article

  14. The ‘Essential’ Questions by Shamsher Singh in Flame University Blog view article

  15. Online illusion by Aravindhan Nagarajan in Frontline view article

  16. Slowdown not the answer to clean air by Aravindhan Nagarajan and Tejal Kanitkar in Frontline view article

  17. An empty package by V. Sridhar in Frontline view article

  18. India’s poor may have lost Rs 4 lakh crore in the coronavirus lockdown by Jayan Jose Thomas in Scroll.in view article

  19. Harvesting misery by Gaurav Bansal and Soham Bhattacharya in Frontline view article

  20. No, the lockdown is not a green moment by Tejal Kanitkar and Aravindhan Nagarajan in The Hindu view article

  21. Rural Distress by A Special Team in Frontline view article

  22. Quick Assessment of the impact of the COVID19 pandemic and lockdown on Kerala’s Economy, Report of the Kerala State Planning Board (contributors include R. Ramakumar, T. Jayaraman, and Jayan Jose Thomas) view article

  23. Migrant Agricultural Workers in India and the COVID-19 lockdown by Ranjini Basu, Focus on the Global South Publication view article

  24. Epidemics and Capitalism: Accurate Identification of Contradictions by Sandipan Baksi in Economic and Political Weekly view article

  25. Economy in deep freeze by V. Sridhar in Frontline view article

  26. Kerala’s approach to containing Corona by Madhura Swaminathan and Deepak Johnson in Business Standard view article

  27. COVID-19 in Rural India – XIX: Punjab Villages Face Double Brunt of Lockdown and Curfew by Soham Bhattacharya and Gaurav Bansal in Newsclick.in view article

  28. Economic burden by V. Sridhar in Frontline view article

  29. India was Never Close to a 7-Day Doubling Growth Rate of COVID-19 Cases by Aravindhan Nagarajan in Newsclick.in view article

  30. Farmers are at their wits’ end by R. Ramakumar in The Hindu view article

  31. COVID-19 in Rural India–II: ‘I Had to Sell Cocoon @Rs 150/kg,Instead of Rs 500/kg’ by S. Niyati and R Vijayamba in Newsclick.in view article

  32. Shift to upscaling food rationing now by Madhura Swaminathan in The Hindu view article

  33. India Should Have Already Announced an Economic Package for Coronavirus by R. Ramakumar and Anuj Srivas in TheWire.in view article

  34. Why Kerala Could Tackle Covid-19 While Most Others Struggle by Soham Bhattacharya and Mrityunjay Pandey in Newsclick.in view article