How One Region Has Gone from Breadbasket to Food Crisis

Ludhiana: Last month, the wheat fields in Punjab stretched in amber-tinged waves as far as the eye could see, promising bountiful harvests. Nothing hinted at the grave crisis that has gripped the state, driving farmers to suicide and unemployed youth to the comforts of heroin.
Dubbed “the breadbasket of India,” Punjab is in the throes of [...]