I remember once reading a collection of papers compiled by Claude Alvares in the 80s, about the devastating effects of the green revolution in the Punjab. The book might still be in the Central Library. Guha probably drew a lot of his information from those very studies. Some analysts have also linked the Punjab violence of the 80s to the green revolution.
Jogesh The only gift is giving to the poor, All else is exchange. -Thiruvalluvar 2008/11/18 S. Rajagopalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ramachandra Guha in his latest book claims that after Partition there > was a tremendous amount of angst in the Sikh community not just due to > the religious hatred but also due to the fact the Sikhs were forced to > relocate from West Punjab which had all the fertile and productive > land to East Punjab which was then considered a barren desert. Of > course Indian Punjab has done well for itself since then but history > also shows that land "reclaimed" for agriculture by irrigation is > usually severely stressed ecologically (high salinity, loss of > microbial culture, etc). Are there any dependable studies on the state > of the soil and its sustainability in "high stress" areas such as > Indian Punjab? > > -Raj > > --- In ZESTAlternative@yahoogroups.com <ZESTAlternative%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jogesh Motwani" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The Organic Farmer of Anandpurby JEEVNJOT KUMEDAN > > > http://www.sikhchic.net/article-detail.php?id=80&cat=8 > > > > >
