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M.S. Swaminathan

The Man Who Fed India

by Priyambada Jayakumar ...

Narrated by Suma Lerin ...

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13 hours 7 min

'A richly detailed portrait of the man behind India's Green Revolution... capturing both the scientist and the humanist in Swaminathan with equal grace.' - Deccan Herald'Grit, grain and a giant - this biography does justice to a life devoted entirely to feeding a hungry nation.' - New Indian Express'A tribute to a towering figure... Swaminathan's story is ultimately India's story - of scarcity ... Read more

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'A richly detailed portrait of the man behind India's Green Revolution... capturing both the scientist and the humanist in Swaminathan with equal grace.' - Deccan Herald'Grit, grain and a giant - this biography does justice to a life devoted entirely to feeding a hungry nation.' - New Indian Express'A tribute to a towering figure... Swaminathan's story is ultimately India's story - of scarcity
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M.S. Swaminathan

The Man Who Fed India

by Priyambada Jayakumar ...

'Dr Saab, we will take up your seeds!' said the intrepid farmer from Jaunti, a village near Delhi.This was the turning point a young undaunted scientist named Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (M.S. Swaminathan) was looking for. It was that giant leap of faith that would help him engineer the agricultural transformation christened the 'Green Revolution' that would be the crucial hinge on which the ... Read more

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'Dr Saab, we will take up your seeds!' said the intrepid farmer from Jaunti, a village near Delhi.This was the turning point a young undaunted scientist named Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (M.S. Swaminathan) was looking for. It was that giant leap of faith that would help him engineer the agricultural transformation christened the 'Green Revolution' that would be the crucial hinge on which the
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Making Peace with the Earth

by Vandana Shiva ...

'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists', Vandana Shiva demolishes the myths propagated by corporate globalisation in its pursuit of profit and power, revealing the devastating environmental impact of corporate capitalism.Shiva argues that consumerism lubricates the war against the earth and that corporate control violates all ethical and ecological limits. She takes the reader on a ... Read more

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'One of the world's most prominent radical scientists', Vandana Shiva demolishes the myths propagated by corporate globalisation in its pursuit of profit and power, revealing the devastating environmental impact of corporate capitalism.Shiva argues that consumerism lubricates the war against the earth and that corporate control violates all ethical and ecological limits. She takes the reader on a
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Earth Democracy

Justice, Sustainability, and Peace

by Vandana Shiva ...

World-renowned environmental activist and physicist Vandana Shiva calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods. She explores the issues she helped bring to international attention—genetic food engineering, culture theft, and natural resource privatization—uncovering ... Read more

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World-renowned environmental activist and physicist Vandana Shiva calls for a radical shift in the values that govern democracies, condemning the role that unrestricted capitalism has played in the destruction of environments and livelihoods. She explores the issues she helped bring to international attention—genetic food engineering, culture theft, and natural resource privatization—uncovering
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Water Wars

Privatization, Pollution, and Profit

by Vandana Shiva ...

Acclaimed author and award-winning scientist and activist Vandana Shiva lucidly details the severity of the global water shortage, calling the water crisis “the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.” She sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate maneuvers to convert the life-sustaining resource of water into more gold ... Read more

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Acclaimed author and award-winning scientist and activist Vandana Shiva lucidly details the severity of the global water shortage, calling the water crisis “the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth.” She sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate maneuvers to convert the life-sustaining resource of water into more gold
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India On Our Minds: Essays By Tharman Shanmugaratnam And 50 Singaporean Friends Of India

by Tommy Koh, Hernaikh Singh, Chok Tong Goh ...

Singapore and India established diplomatic relations in August 1965. However, their ties date as far back as the 10th century. The last half century has seen a blossoming of their relationship. The two countries' warm and substantive friendship is based upon history, economics, defense cooperation and a high degree of mutual trust. The relationship is quite unique because a significant portion of ... Read more

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Singapore and India established diplomatic relations in August 1965. However, their ties date as far back as the 10th century. The last half century has seen a blossoming of their relationship. The two countries' warm and substantive friendship is based upon history, economics, defense cooperation and a high degree of mutual trust. The relationship is quite unique because a significant portion of
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Ecology and Equity

The Use and Abuse of Nature in Contemporary India

by Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha ...

Environmental destruction is seen a matter of worldwide concern but as a Third World problem.Ecology and Equity explores the most ecologically complex country in the world. India's peoples range from technocrats to hunter-gathers and its environments from dense forest to wasteland. The bookanalyses the use and abuse of nature on the sub-continent to reveal the interconnections of social and ... Read more

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Environmental destruction is seen a matter of worldwide concern but as a Third World problem.Ecology and Equity explores the most ecologically complex country in the world. India's peoples range from technocrats to hunter-gathers and its environments from dense forest to wasteland. The bookanalyses the use and abuse of nature on the sub-continent to reveal the interconnections of social and
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Struggle Against the State

Social Network and Protest Mobilization in India

by Ashok Swain ...

Many developing countries pursue policies of rapid industrialization in order to achieve faster economic growth. Some policies cause displacement forcing many individuals to take up a fight against the state. Interestingly some of these dissenting individuals are more successful in organizing their protests than others. In this book, Ashok Swain demonstrates how displaced people mobilize to ... Read more

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Many developing countries pursue policies of rapid industrialization in order to achieve faster economic growth. Some policies cause displacement forcing many individuals to take up a fight against the state. Interestingly some of these dissenting individuals are more successful in organizing their protests than others. In this book, Ashok Swain demonstrates how displaced people mobilize to
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Terra Viva

My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements

by Vandana Shiva ...

*2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Heroic Journeys“All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva.”—Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of PeaceA powerful new memoir published to coincide with Vandana Shiva’s 70th birthday.Vandana Shiva has been described in many ways: the “Gandhi of Grain,” “a rock star” in the battle against GMOs, and “the most powerful ... Read more

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*2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Heroic Journeys“All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva.”—Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of PeaceA powerful new memoir published to coincide with Vandana Shiva’s 70th birthday.Vandana Shiva has been described in many ways: the “Gandhi of Grain,” “a rock star” in the battle against GMOs, and “the most powerful
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Ground Down by Growth

Tribe, Caste, Class and Inequality in 21st Century India

by Alpa Shah, Jens Lerche, Richard Axelby, Dalel Benbabaali, Brendan Donegan, Vikramaditya Thakur, Jayaseelan Raj ...

Series series Anthropology, Culture and Society
Why has India’s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India’s ‘untouchables' and ‘tribals' fit into the global economy.India’s Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain amongst the most ... Read more

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Why has India’s astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how India’s ‘untouchables' and ‘tribals' fit into the global economy.India’s Dalit and Adivasi communities make up a staggering one in twenty-five people across the globe and yet they remain amongst the most
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The Elephant Has Two Sets of Teeth

Bhutanese Refugees and Humanitarian Governance

by Alice Neikirk ...

This ethnography follows Bhutanese refugees who fled Bhutan, resided in camps in Nepal, and finally settled in the vastly different culture of Australia. Along the way, they learn the ways that humanitarian compassion is used to oppress, contain, and erode human rights. They also learn, however, that this charitable framework has small cracks that allow for action. The Bhutanese find ways to move ... Read more

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This ethnography follows Bhutanese refugees who fled Bhutan, resided in camps in Nepal, and finally settled in the vastly different culture of Australia. Along the way, they learn the ways that humanitarian compassion is used to oppress, contain, and erode human rights. They also learn, however, that this charitable framework has small cracks that allow for action. The Bhutanese find ways to move
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Industrialising Rural India

Land, policy and resistance

Edited by Patrik Oskarsson, Kenneth Nielsen ...

Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or Special Economic Zones has emerged as perhaps the most explosive issue in India over the past decade. Industrialising ... Read more

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Rapid industrialisation is promoted by many as the most feasible way of rejuvenating the Indian economy, and as a way of generating employment on a large scale. At the same time, the transfer of land from rural communities and indigenous groups for industrial parks, mining, or Special Economic Zones has emerged as perhaps the most explosive issue in India over the past decade. Industrialising
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