In a maze of maize

Kawar Pal guards his acre-and-a-half maize field close to Rampura village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district. As the crop is ready to harvest, he uses all his skills and the canopy to keep away the birds. With spiralling prices of all commodities, the marginal farmer finds the economics of life getting more difficult by the day Photo: Kamal Narang

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