In January 2009 Sainath was reported to have declined a state award.
Mr Sainath said,“ I have been writing about Farmers'
suicides from the year 2000.
Senior editor P Sainath has called it a bigger“scam” than the Rafale deal.
In June 2006 Sainath won the Judges' prize(newspaper category)
in the 2005 Harry Chapin Media Awards.
This home belongs not to me but Sainath,” was the humble sentiment behind the construction.
Giving an example of Maharashtra, Sainath said:“Some 2.80 lakh farmers sowed soya in their farms.
There is someone called Sainath, who is an expert on the subject, who has written a book.
And says that Sainath is one with them and He as the great Teacher,
will carry us across the River of Wordly Existence.
And says that Sainath is one with them and He as the great Teacher,
will carry us across the River of Worldly Existence.
I felt that if the Indian press was covering the top 5 per cent, I should cover
the bottom 5 per cent", says Sainath.
Sainath's most important work from the past decade focuses on India's agrarian crisis,
with roughly 200 exclusive field reports and news analysis and hundreds of photographs.
Soon after the fracas at the meeting, Deputy Mayor Vijay Sainath Autade directed the AMC's security officer
to lodge a complaint against the AIMIM corporator for attempting to create enmity between two communities, he said.