Everybody loves a good drought Stories from Indias poorest districts

By:

P Sainath

Contributor(s):

SAINATH (P)

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Penguin Books 1996Description: xiii,470p. PB 21x13.5cmISBN:

0140259848

Subject(s):

Poverty India

DDC classification:

23 305.5690 SAIE

Summary: 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.

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George Fernandes Collections	St Aloysius Library	Sociology	305.5690 SAIE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	GF01182

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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.

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