Bt cotton, it makes its own poison from that Bacillus thuringiensis, so the bollworm dies when it bites. The scientists say the toxin only wakes up in the alkaline gut of insects, not in our stomachs which are acid. But tell that to the earth in our fields here in Punjab—it feels tired now, hard like stone, and the bollworms? They come back anyway after a few seasons. I know because my own father’s plot grew silent, needing more water and more poison spray, not less. The seed promises one thing, the soil tells another story.
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