On Jats and Jutts

Jats are a land-owning agriculturist caste spread over West UP, Haryana, and Rajasthan. There are Jutts in West and East Punjab. They are also land-owners and tillers. Jutts in West…

Pesticide threat (2005)

The Tribune, Chandigarh,24 June 2005 Rajesh Kochhar IN the recent Green Revolution decades, Punjab has created very many new folk songs celebrating the tubewell and the tractor. No sad songs…

Cancer alarm in the Punjab cotton belt (2006)

The Tribune Chandigarh  4 October 2006 Cancer alarm in the Punjab cotton belt Dr Rajesh Kochhar The cotton-growing Malwa region of Punjab, comprising the southwestern districts of Bathinda, Muktsar, Faridkot…