The great unravelling
Is globalisation killing India's cotton farmers?
RAW cotton from the fields outside Wardha rolls slowly into town, roped to the back of bullock carts. The animals' horns are painted as brightly as the trucks that rattle past them. Their cargo is off-loaded in the forecourt of a ginning plant, where it collects in steep white mounds that look much like the snowscape of a fancy Swiss ski-resort.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “The great unravelling”
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