Thanks to the author of the article, "Naren's last testament" featured in Hindu, for letting us know about this committed individual and the inside account of organic farming, that is most authentic.“Dilemmas in Agriculture: A Personal Story”. We persuaded Uma [Naren's wife]to update the volume, and add a few personal notes. The little book is ready and published by Vasudheva Kutumbukum ( kutumbukum@gmail.com). It is rich with wisdom and gentle insights about the predicaments of rural life in India today, but what makes it significant is that it is based on their own journey. The narrative begins in 1987, when Naren decided to leave his well-paid job in a Bank to return to his ancestral village Venkatramapuram in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, for a ‘life of organic farming and social work' - The author says and adds that it is "a passionate — even desperate — plea to save the Indian farmer from hunger, pauperisation and despair".
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