Srinagar, Oct. 17 -- Every year, during the rice harvest season, smoke from the fields of Punjab and Haryana fills the sky with haze. These aren't just field fires, but a searing reflection of India's agricultural policies, economic inequality, and environmental imbalances. Delhi and its surrounding areas are blanketed in this smoke, and air quality plummets to extremely poor levels.Burning of stubble is legally prohibited, yet farmers repeat it every year because there are many social and economic reasons behind it.The primary cause of stubble burning is the paddy stubble left in the fields. Once the paddy crop is harvested, farmers have neither the time nor the resources to remove the residue. The agricultural systems of Punjab and Hary...