Battle with industry leaves scars on Indian farmland
Source: Reuters
By Bappa Majumdar NANDIGRAM, India, Nov 26 (Reuters) - It's the peak harvest season, but not a single sheaf of paddy grows on Abu Tayeb's land, testament to a hollow victory for farmers in eastern India who fought to keep big industry off their land but now face ruin. Across the fertile plains of Nandigram in the state of West Bengal, vast stretches of farmland stand empty, in places whole fields destroyed. Empty bullet and tear gas shells are strewn a
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