Farmers all over India are revolting.

Forest land is sometimes encroached upon for farming. 

Fertile farm land is being forcibly acquired by the government; in Gadag for a steel plant that few doubt would generate employment among those who are set to lose their land. As has been the case over and over again, land acquired for such projects is diverted to building malls, luxury resorts and gated community villas where the poor have no entry. 

And the catchline to entice potential wealthy buyers would include the words 'pristine', 'unspoiled', 'nature at its best', 'away from the city noise and pollution'.

And Gadag is a region that isn't exactly rich in water. The government is able to summon up all its resources to supply water for the steel plant. Rural areas receive only a few hours of electricty, but a steel plant situated in a rural area will have no such problem.

When fertile cultivable land in India is being forcibly acquired to build mega-projects, India  (or its agri-corporations), like many other countries is seeking land in Africa to grow its crops to be sent back home to feed an ever demanding population. Thus draining the precious Nile water resources and parts of these African nations people will find themselves with a water shortage to grow their own crops in their own land to feed their own people. But there are godowns and warehouses in India where tonnes of wheat and 

rice and rotting, and new produce is coming , which has no storage place. And maybe it isn't distributed because prices might come crashing down due to glut in the markets. And as Neelamma, the vegetable seller warns us to lock our doors because there are hordes of young men, hungry, without jobs, roaming the streets and they would be desperate enough to steal, because she finds the inflation unbearable.

There is a sudden outpouring of vast treasure, numbering in millions from hidden chambers of temples - gold, diamonds... but these haven't fed millions of hungry stomachs, or clothed the poor.

Soon we'll be eating real Sona Masuri.