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Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink

Marginlands: Indian Landscapes on the Brink, by Arati Kumar-Rao, is a passionate environmentalist’s account of her journeys across India’s diverse landscapes for over a decade, and of the “slow violence” inflicted on the fragile environment and its impact on livelihoods. Combining journalistic reporting and storytelling, the five-part book narrates stories from Rajasthan’s Thar desert, to

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Missing in Action: Why you should care about public policy

Title: Missing in Action: Why you should care about public policy Authors: Pranay Kotasthane and Raghu S. Jaitley Pages: 342 Price: Rs. 399 Publishers: Penguin The lives of citizens are governed by State policies and therefore it is extremely important to understand all aspects of policy making. Policies in a democracy are made by the

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The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, by Amitav Ghosh

Book Summary by Ms. Sanika Potnis, Research Assistant, PIC-EECC In the aptly titled non-fiction book The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable, Amitav Ghosh raises an alarm about the violence and scale of the climate crisis. The author, best known for his work in fiction, departs from his literary path to address the invisible

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