Insight - Modi's popularity in rural India punctured by discontent, suicides

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an energy summit in New Delhi March 27, 2015.

 BY MAYANK BHARDWAJ-Sun Mar 29, 2015

(Reuters) - Over a dozen debt-laden farmers have committed suicide in recent weeks in India, and discontent in many rural areas against government policies is turning into anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi less than a year after he swept into office.

Insight - Modi's Popularity in Rural India Punctured by Discontent, Suicides by Thavam Ratna