Everybody Loves A Good Drought

Author : P Sainath
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184757344
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everybody loves a good drought written by P Sainath and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human face of poverty The poor in India are, too often, reduced to statistics. In the dry language of development reports and economic projections, the true misery of the 312 million who live below the poverty line, or the 26 million displaced by various projects, or the 13 million who suffer from tuberculosis gets overlooked. In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we get to see how they manage, what sustains them, and the efforts, often ludicrous, to do something for them. The people who figure in this book typify the lives and aspirations of a large section of Indian society, and their stories present us with the true face of development.

Author : Palagummi Sainath
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780140259841
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everybody Loves a Good Drought written by Palagummi Sainath and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 1996 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we get to see how they manage, what sustains them, and the efforts, often ludicrous, to do something for them.

Author : Palagummi Sainath
Publisher : Penguin Enterprise
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Everybody Loves a Good Drought written by Palagummi Sainath and published by Penguin Enterprise. This book was released on 1996 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we get to see how they manage, what sustains them, and the efforts, often ludicrous, to do something for them.

Author : James Marcus
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231159307
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Read written by James Marcus and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology includes, among many other enlightening essays, Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's 'The Tribes of America'; Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's 'A Journal of the Plague Year', Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring', and much more.

Author : Kavitha Iyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9390327474
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landscapes of Loss written by Kavitha Iyer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021 Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada - a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region - has seen a surge in farmer suicides. At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has persisted for almost a decade. Relief packages and loan waivers have not reversed the trend. On the contrary, the stories of dystopia grow more tragic every year as thousands of farmer families flee to the big cities, while those who stay back are plagued by bad credit and crop loss. Landscapes of Loss tells the story of Marathwada through the accounts of its people: marginal farmers, Dalits, landless labourers, farm widows and children. It lays bare the complex factors that have brought the region to this pass - a story representative, in many ways, of the agrarian unrest in large parts of rural India.

Author : Jaideep Hardikar
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9354223095
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ramrao written by Jaideep Hardikar and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2021-08-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning in 2014, Ramrao Panchleniwar, an ordinary cotton grower in Maharashtra's infamous Vidarbha region, consumed two bottles of pesticide in a bid to commit suicide. But he miraculously survived. In Ramrao, rural journalist Jaideep Hardikar attempts to put a face to India's unending farm crisis with his story. He takes the reader on a journey of the everyday life of an Indian farmer, his daily struggles, his desperation to come out of his situation, his inability and many failings, the quagmire of issues he faces, and how he comes to a pass where he chooses to put an end to it all. The result of years of committed reportage, this is an evocative read that rescues an ordinary life from obscurity and turns it into an essential biography for our times.

Author : U. B. Bhat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Terror on Board written by U. B. Bhat and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fortitude in the face of adversity that s what courage is all about. The hijack drama of IC 814 en route from Kathmandu to New Delhi on 24 December 1999, is one such eight-day tale of trauma, anguish and fear in the throes of death where five hijackers

Author : Sylvia Dyer
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 0143065343
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spell of the Flying Foxes written by Sylvia Dyer and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nostalgic, funny and sad ... true story of a plantation in north Bihar on India's border with Nepal"--P. 4 of cover.

Author : Romila Thapar
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141949767
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of India written by Romila Thapar and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990-06-28 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of India upto 1300 AD introducing the beginnings of India's cultural dynamics

Author : Karen Hesse
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545517125
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) written by Karen Hesse and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.