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Sep 11 2009, Sanjay Pandey

During five year drought in Bundelkhand, nearly fifty percent of its total population had migrated to metro cities like Delhi & Mumbai. In search of their livelihoods they left their homes with bag and baggage . According to Sanjay Pandey ,national...

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John W. Boyd, Jr., from Baskerville, Va., founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, speaks during a rally rally in front of the United States Department of Agriculture with his mule in the foreground in Washington Tuesday, April...