no aid from the government government but despite the stark warning so far no help has arrived kern singh has the story. well here in the village of gerard you know remote part of eastern india so intricate mali spends time with his family including his little grandson this may look like one happy picture but the reality is quite the opposite with no food to eat so reined in over twenty other farmers in the small village of about three hundred families have threatened to commit mass suicide. into military we will have to die sometime so why suffer like this every day it's better to die now we're so hopeless that we've come to the conclusion that committing suicide is the best option noone would like to do nearly without food to eat how many days can a person want to live. the region has had an acute drought for two years now this has driven villagers from gerard to write a letter to the president of india and the state governor asking for rations and in a geisha in facilities if help fails to work i have they say they'll commit suicide . he says because we requested immediate food aid fro