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Introduction to a set of articles on villages in Karnataka WOUND AFTER WOUND: LIFE IN RURAL...
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WOUND AFTER WOUND: LIFE IN RURAL KARNATAKA DURING THE CORONA TIMES
Introduction to a set of articles on villages in Karnataka WOUND AFTER WOUND: LIFE IN RURAL...
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'Coronavirus Lockdown spared no thought for the rural sector', A R Vasavi, Deccan Herald, April 11, 2020.
‘Cotton has now become a headache’?, Chitrangada Choudhury and Aniket Aga, People's Archive of Rural India, Oct 7, 2019.
Sowing the seeds of climate crisis in Odisha, Chitrangada Choudhury and Aniket Aga, People's Archive of Rural India, Oct 4, 2019.
ನಾಡಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಳೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ... ಆದರೆ ಬರ ದೂರವಾಯಿತೇ?, Mutturaju H, Veerabhadra Naika, Siddharth Joshi and A R Vasavi, Prajavani, 24 June 2017.
Farmers’ Agitations in Maharashtra and MP Are a Product of Rural India’s Identity Crisis, Sudhir Kumar, The Wire, June 08, 2017.
Being human... literally Rajeswari Raina, The Tribune, April 15, 2017.
Going against the grain P. S. Vijay Shankar, The Hindu, February 5, 2016.
Killing Fields A.R.Vasavi, The Hindu, May 2, 2015.
Vexations of agrarian India A.R.Vasavi, Live Mint, April 30, 2015.