About
Dr Kota Neelima is the General Secretary of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee and a delegate of the All India Congress Committee. Neelima is also an author, social scientist and politician. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Delhi and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Neelima was a Senior Research Fellow at The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC.She lives in Hyderabad, Telangana. Contact no. 8130023341).
Books
Dr. Neelima’s new book, ‘Widows of Vidarbha, Making of Shadows,’ (2018, Oxford University Press) presents the life of the widows left behind by farmer suicides due to agricultural distress.
Art
The paintings by the artist are inspired by rural life in the worst-affected parts of the country, including Maharashtra. The paintings are the last memory of rural landscapes, and how the villagers
Research
Farmer suicides are symptomatic of rural distress that is tenacious and cyclic, abetted by an
indifferent state and unresponsive system. While the rural distress in..
