Just as agrarian distress is back in the public discourse, a highly readable memoir of a techie-turned-farmer offers an inside look at a farmer’s life and its attendant challenges. Venkat Iyer chronicles his transition from a hectic urban corporate life to the gentler pace of organic farming. It is, however, much more than an account of his personal journey — the memoir brings readers up close and personal with the lives that farmers lead, and the problems they face every day.
When former IBM executive Mr Iyer moved to a village near Mumbai in 2004, he had no idea about
