India’s Tehri Dam: Stopping the Flow of Life?
This post originally appeared in Project Groundswell “There’s no means to live here anymore,” said Mooni Devi, a 42-year-old farmer in the village of Sau Upu in the Tehri Valley. “What … Continue reading
Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity
This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference By Urmimala Sarkar Munsi, Bishnupriya Dutt Sage Publications In its very fragmentariness, Engendering Performance: Indian Women Performers in Search of an Identity serves as an alternative to the … Continue reading
Seeds of Change
I found Dr. Vandana Shiva’s first book, or rather I found a Xerox copy of her first book, taped together and lovely highlighted with notes (published in 1988), on a … Continue reading
Ode to the Delhi Metro
This post originally appeared in Project Groundswell My fear of Delhi began sometime in the wee hours of the morning a few years ago when I was stuck in a freshly … Continue reading
Debunking Development in Rural India
This post originally appeared in Project Groundswell When I arrived at my host family’s house in rural India, I immediately wondered how and why they had a TV and no toilet. … Continue reading
Doha, Qatar – The New Bicycle City?
I rode my bicycle to and from work on the streets of Ahmedabad, India. A city where out of 100 residents only 15 to 18 use the existing public transport … Continue reading
Braking News: 1 Bus, 2 Girls, 15 Thousand Kilometers, 715 Million Votes
This review originally appeared in Elevate Difference By Sunetra Choudhury Hatchette India Sunetra Choudhury’sBraking News takes the reader on a trip across India to find the elusive Indian voter in both cities and … Continue reading
Becoming Indian: The Unfinished Revolution of Culture and Identity
By Pavan K. Varma Penguin Books Pavan K. Varma’s most recent book, Becoming Indian, argues that cultural freedom has eluded formerly colonized nations, specifically India. He sees a need for a cultural … Continue reading
Women, Gender and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives
Edited by Elaine Enarson, P.G. Dhar Chakrabarti Sage Publications Women, Gender and Disaster provides a comprehensive overview of the role gender plays in various disaster situations. Case studies and essays are divided into … Continue reading
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