A sing-song mourning ritual punctuated by shrill wails rents the air in the villages of the Medak district of Telangana as virtually every day this week, at least half a dozen farmer suicides have been reported from the rural part of the state. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's departure on 8th September for a China tour on a private jet hired for Rs. 2 crores sits in sharp contrast with families devastated by drought for the second year in a row.