Debt woes drive thousands of farmers to suicide

Debt woes drive thousands of farmers to suicide

Debt woes drive thousands of farmers to suicide

Sanjay Devkar, center, holds a photograph of his father Ramchandra Devkar, a farmer who committed suicide, as his mother Anusya Devkar, right, looks on outside their house in village Bothbodan, India, Wednesday, April 23, 2008. India's cotton belt, a land of searing temperatures and backbreaking work, has been hit hardest by an epidemic of suicides.

Debt woes drive thousands of farmers to suicide

A man, with his face covered to avoid dust, works at a cotton factory near Pandarkawhda, India, Wednesday, April 23, 2008.

Debt woes drive thousands of farmers to suicide

A woman works in a cotton factory near Pandarkawhda, India, Thursday, April 24, 2008.