BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
During the months of january and february 2010 I had the chance to live with four peasant families that had suffered the tragedy of suicide. Thanks to an oficial list I had 900 families of different casts that shared this problem. From 1997 over 150.000 Indian peasants has commite suicide and Maharashtra government cannot find any solution. The laxness that transnacional corporations like Monsanto have in the Indian territory and the government aid in favor of the pesticides and fertilizers companies are obstacles for peasants life. That companies has changed the ancient rural system, nowadays the peasants has to spend their little money on new seeds and pesticides and fertilizers, new expenses that have become the peasants from producers to consumers. Most of the suicides are caused by the bank credits in order to pay this new expenses. |