Daily wage labourers help the cotton farmers who brought the cotton produce to sell at a local market (Maharashtra State Co-operation Cotton Growers Marketing Federation) in Vidharbha region in Maharashtra. ..In a country where agriculture is the mainstay (it employs nearly 60% of the population), this recently released gov't statistic is rather alarming - 46 Indian farmers kill themselves every day. Maharashtra tops the list with maximum number of farmer suicides. Vidharba in north Maharashtra -- 'suicide country' as it has come to be known tops the farmer suicides due to farmer distress: the loan sharks, crippling debt, failing crops year after year. Photographer: Sanjit DasDaily wage labourers are seen helping the cotton farmers with sorting out the raw cotton brought to the local market (Maharashtra State Co-operation Cotton Growers Marketing Federation) in Vidharbha region in Maharashtra. ..In a country where agriculture is the mainstay (it employs nearly 60% of the population), this recently released gov't statistic is rather alarming - 46 Indian farmers kill themselves every day. Maharashtra tops the list with maximum number of farmer suicides. Vidharba in north Maharashtra -- 'suicide country' as it has come to be known tops the farmer suicides due to farmer distress: the loan sharks, crippling debt, failing crops year after year. Photographer: Sanjit Das