On May 14, Ramnariam Barma woke up determined to end his life. He had long been pondering this decision, and the government’s refusal to compensate him for the loss of his harvest was the straw that broke the camel’s back. “We had been losing money for four years because of the drought, but this winter’s heavy rains and hail have left us with nothing. I had borrowed 140,000 rupees ($2,200) from the bank and 130,000 more from other loan sharks to pay for seeds and for my oldest daughter’s dowry, and I knew I could not repay them.”
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