Unbearable

From an article by Rajaji in Young India dated 11.07.1929.

Almost every one of these people is in debt. A couple of rupees borrowed carries so much interest per rupee per month and the people earn so little that the debt can never be discharged but grows and grows. It practically sells the man into slavery. There is no legal process but assault and intimidation and coercion do the work of the courts. The creditor is his own bailiff. If no one lent money to these people they would be in a worse position. A debtor and slave feel more respectable than a mere starving beggar.

Has anything changed?

Yes. Even the debtor-slave relation has turned unbearable; even the mere survival has become a luxury.

In the last 15 years more than 2,50,000 farmers have killed themselves.