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Palagummi Sainath (born 13 May 1957) is an Indian columnist and author of the acclaimed book Everybody Loves a Good Drought. [1] [2] He has extensively written on rural India, his notable interests are poverty , structural inequities , caste discrimination and farmers protests .
About P. Sainath. In a 34-year career as a journalist, Sainath — the former Rural Editor of the Hindu –– has won over 40 global and national awards for his reporting (and turned down several, including the Padma Bhushan because, in his view, journalists should not be receiving awards from governments they cover and critique).
P. Sainath, former Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, is the 2007 winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious prize (and often referred to as the ‘Asian Nobel’), for Journalism Literature and Creative Communications Arts.
P. Sainath is Founder Editor, People's Archive of Rural India. He has been a rural reporter for decades and is the author of 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought' and 'The Last Heroes: Foot Soldiers of Indian Freedom'.
P. Sainath is the Founder Editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India. The archive is an outcome of his three decades-plus in journalism – including a quarter century of reporting from rural India.
A journalism website reporting the stories of 833 million rural Indians. An archive of the living past, a journal of the present, a textbook of the future.
About P. Sainath. Palagummi Sainath (long version) Sainath’s book: Everybody loves a good drought; Agrarian crisis. Farmer Suicides; Media. Paid News; Rural India; Elections; Inequality; PARI
Sep 20, 2022 · Sainath was McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton University in Fall 2012 and has been conferred doctorates by the University of Alberta at Edmonton and the St. Francis Xavier University ...
P. Sainath. Guest Professor. BA: Loyola College, Madras, 1977. MA: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1979. PhD: University of Alberta at Edmonton, Canada. Selected Publications. Work Experience. Awards. Adjunct Faculty, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India, (2000-present)
Jun 14, 2020 · Manthan, a premier forum for public discourse, will organise an interactive programme where journalist and Magsaysay awardee P. Sainath shall talk on ‘Inequality & Agrarian Distress’ on August 11, Vidyaranya School, Opposite Secretariat, 6 p.m.
