A haunting portrait of rural collapse in the age of unchecked capitalism and climate catastrophe.
In Broken Harvests, author and researcher Rahul Yadav exposes the silent unraveling of India's agrarian society - a world where ancestral fields now bear the scars of debt, drought, and despair. Drawing from on-ground narratives, powerful testimonies, and incisive socio-economic analysis, this book dives deep into how globalization, corporate greed, and climate volatility have pushed millions of farmers to the edge.
This is not just the story of vanishing crops - it's the story of a vanishing way of life.
From pesticide poisoning in Yavatmal to farmer suicides in Vidarbha, from contract farming traps to the hollow promises of development, Broken Harvests examines the intersections of policy failure, neoliberal economics, and environmental collapse. Through real case studies and a humanistic lens, Yadav reveals how India's food producers are being erased from both fields and policy priorities.