For farmers, it's a summer of discontent

Simmering for years, their anger has boiled over and ignited a fire that could spread quickly

Prakash Jawle is no ordinary man. He is one among the millions of farmers across Madhya Pradesh whose achievements were prominently displayed by the state during a presentation that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made in April before the governing council of NITI Aayog.

Jawle, who is a resident of Haldepur village in the Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, the presentation claimed, had managed to raise his net income from each acre by a mind-boggling 43 per cent over the last few years.

On any other day, Jawle would have been the most sought-after farmer in Madhya Pradesh, but unfortunately