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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. [2] [3] [4]
He is famous worldwide for his remarkable work as a journalist as well as photojournalist whose vision is on rural affairs, social and economic inequality, poverty and globalisation.
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.
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
Sainath, former Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu, writer and journalism teacher, is the 2007 winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s most prestigious prize. He has also won the World Media Summit Global Award for Excellence 2014, in Public Welfare reporting.
Sainath is perhaps the most influential voice in the public discourse on agriculture, in particular with his ground-breaking work on farmer suicides. Close to 300,000 impoverished Indian farmers — many driven by indebtedness — have taken their own lives in less than two decades since 1995.
Nov 13, 2023 · Moody College of Communication, LBJ School of Public Affairs, and the South Asia Institute welcome Indian columnist and author, Palagummi Sainath, for a discussion on "India in the Age of Inequality."
Jun 28, 2021 · Mr. Palagummi Sainath is a passionately committed journalist who has continued to investigate impoverished farming villages in India, listen to voices from the rural population, capture the reality of the people’s lifestyle , and report 'rural stories'.
In the early twentieth century, the press was at the heart of India’s freedom struggle. During those formative years, says Indian reporter PALAGUMMI SAINATH, journalism contributed to “the liberation of the human being.” In contrast, he says, India’s press today merely performs “stenography” for big business and the governing elite.
Palagummi Sainath is the founder-editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI), a unique online site on rural India. He has been a journalist, reporter, rural affairs editor, and deputy chief editor of periodicals like The Hindu, Blitz, and The Daily.
