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Indian Farmer Some one has truly said, "India is a land of villages and farmers are the soul of the country." I also feel the same. Farmers are a respected lot and farming is considered a noble profession in our country. They are also called "Annadata", which means "food provider". According to this logic, farmers in India should be a happy and prosperous lot but the irony is that the reality is exactly opposite to it. I think the farmer plays the same role for our country as the backbone plays for the human body. The problem is that this backbone (our farmer) is suffering from many problems. Sometimes, many of them can't even afford two square meals a day. Despite all the hardships which they face, they continue to play an important role. This is the reason why kids of farmers don't want to pursue the profession of their parents. According to a government data, around two and a half thousand farmers leave farming and migrate to cities daily in search of livelihood. If this trend continues, then a time may come when there will no farmers left and our country will turn from "food surplus", which we are now to "food deficient". I used to think that when the prices of commodities go up, the farmer benefits but the reality is that most of the money is grabbed by the middle men. So, the farmer is always a looser. When there is a bumper crop, the price of the products fall and at many times he has to sell his produce at a throwaway price to the government or to the middlemen and when there is drought or flood, then we all know what happens to the poor farmer. The condition of the farmers is getting from bad to worse. If something is not done urgently, there will be nothing left to save. They are the Food Producers of the Country Before late 1970s India was not able to produce sufficient food grains to meet its requirements. In other words, India was not self-sufficient in terms of food grains. We used to import large quantities of food grains from abroad (mainly from USA). It went good for some time but afterwards the USA started blackmailing us on trade. They even threatened to stop the supply of food grains totally. The then Prime Minister Lal bahadur Shastri accepted the challenge and gave the slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" and took some drastic measures, which resulted in the green revolution and because of that we became self-reliant in terms of food grains and even started exporting the surplus produces. India has never looked back since then. Our farmers have never let us down, even though they are facing many problems. They have been able to meet the demand of the growing population. One fine day I told my dad, "what a nice life these village folks have…". On this my dad laughed loudly and suggested me to visit our ancestral village which is in Lucknow. Last time when I went to our village, I was 4 years old. I remembered very few details from my last visit or better to say I had no idea what a village looked like. I took a week's leave from office and boarded the train with my father. I was really very excited. At the railway station we were greeted by our relative (my cousin brother) who had come to receive us. I asked him, "how we will go home"? On this, he showed his bullock cart. On this my reaction was, "What!". My dad told me, "son, this is just the beginning….". On reaching home firstly, I decided to answer my natures call. So, I asked, "where is the toilet"? On this I was took to an open field. I was told that there is no toilet in the village and all the villagers including women have to go in the open field. After that I decided to have a look around. I found broken houses made with mud and bamboo with men and women in old and torn clothes (definitely not designer), working very hard in fields to get their ends meet. An used plow and a pair of feeble bullock stands in every house as a testimony to the strenuous life of the occupants. Maximum houses had no electricity connection and even those houses which had electricity connection used oil lamps because electricity was rare. Nobody had a gas connection, so food was cooked on wooden or coal fire which generated smoke and that caused various lung diseases. I found an old woman coughing. I asked her, "Are you having your medicines"? On this she gave a blank look and said, "Beta, I don't have money to buy medicines or go to a private hospital." Other persons told me that the there is no government clinic nearby. On hearing this I really got emotional. The plight of the Indian farmers is unimaginable as they work tirelessly throughout the year in the absence of basic necessities. I decided to join my cousin brother who was working in the fields. When I reached there, I found him and some other farmers arguing with some men. I was told that they were bank officials and had come to give a formal notice (of non-payment of EMIs) to the farmers. My cousin brother told me that no body in the village was able to pay EMIs this time as they had a bad crop this time. I ate my food and went to sleep. After some time, I woke up to drink water. I found bantu (my cousin brother's son) reading in candle light. I asked, "its late, go to sleep". On this he replied, "Uncle, I have a test tomorrow". On listening this I felt that everything is not lost and there is still a ray of hope. Our villages and farmers are not the same as I had thought but I have a strong feeling that one day it will become the village as it is shown in Bollywood movies.

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