Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico
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How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection and social...
ClareR (5686 KP) rated The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in Books
Jul 11, 2018
We look at how Indians treat Anjum and her fellow Hijra, the political unrest in Kashmir and the atrocities that are committed by those who should know better. The latter is seen through the eyes of Tilo and the men who love her: Musa, Biplab and Naga.
A lot of this isn't comfortable reading at all. It is beautifully told, it's frustrating and it is teaching us a lot about what it is to be Indian, Kashmiri, Hijra, female and of a low caste. Some of it is unimaginably sad and seems hopeless; but we are left with a sliver of hope. And we have Anjum to thank for that, I think.
Many thanks to NetGalley for my copy of this beautiful book.
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