Author: tulaindia

  • Tula, my PRIDE…

    Tula, my PRIDE…

    Tula, my PRIDE… When Ananthoo told me, “there is a 98% chance that your ‘pure’ cotton kurta is made from genetically modified (GM) cotton”, well… I did not want to believe him. Being an organic farmer and wearing GM cotton was very shameful. Ananthoo also told me (in the year 2011) if there is only […]

  • Tula – A transition from enslavement to sovereignty, diversity & ecological restoration, in Indian cotton

    Tula – A transition from enslavement to sovereignty, diversity & ecological restoration, in Indian cotton

    Tula – A transition from enslavement to sovereignty, diversity & ecological restoration, in Indian cotton It was in 2012 (if I am not mistaken) that a national workshop was taken up in Delhi with the active participation of several ASHA members, to review 10 years of Bt cotton approval in India. Various kinds of analyses […]

  • why TULA?

    why TULA?

    Why TULA? Even one life saved or bettered is worth the effort! But whose life is it? A farmer? How? A day of a farmer starts before sunrise and ends around 10pm in the night. No Sunday, No leave, No holiday. To a farmer, his/her world is always the mother earth he (dis)owns and the […]