writer 0 2006-02-12T00:00:00Z Harkishanpura is a non-descript village in Bathinda district of Punjab in northwestern India. It suddenly made its way into news when in an unprecedented move the village panchayat announced that the village was up for sale. That was in Jan 2001. Since than five more villages in Punjab - in the midst of the food bowl of the country - are awaiting auction.  What began as an isolated an... Devinder 37909 false true false false 2006-02-12T00:00:00Z Sharma 9710 4425 0 1 Villages For Sale indian-villages-for-sale-by-devinder-sharma Indian Villages For Sale 2009-09-25T02:33:37Z 174