let’s make our planet greener!
Author Zai Whitaker assumes no stand. She narrates with dispassion and sagacity, apportioning neither praise nor blame. It is for the reader to glean the canniness of the protagonists, the inherent wisdom that keeps them alive through the drastically changing circumstances in the story.
On a pleasant November morning, writers, publishers, conservationists, scientists, academics, literary enthusiasts and nature lovers gathered at Century Club in Cubbon Park, the green heart of Bengaluru, for a day of conversations and literary reflections on the environment.
On a pleasant November morning, writers, publishers, conservationists, scientists, academics, literary enthusiasts and nature lovers gathered at Century Club in Cubbon Park, the green heart of Bengaluru, for a day of conversations and literary reflections on the environment.
On a pleasant November morning, writers, publishers, conservationists, scientists, academics, literary enthusiasts and nature lovers gathered at Century Club in Cubbon Park, the green heart of Bengaluru, for a day of conversations and literary reflections on the environment.
Editors: Vikram Singh Mehta, Jayapadma RV and Neelima KhetanPublisher: HarperCollins India “Anchoring Change attempts to showcase 24 successful social organizations from across India, spanning seventy-five years since independence. It shifts the conversation from India’s failures to successes and distils from these successes relevant design principles that might have wide relevance to create an alternative, grassroots-based, sustainable development model.” JURY …
Authors: Swati Rajput, Kavita Arora and Rachna MathurPublisher: Routledge India “This book looks at the ecological stress on cities and engages with the challenges of reducing vulnerabilities and risks of pollution on the health, well-being and livelihoods of people living in developing countries. With an emphasis on the environmental issues facing the city of Delhi, the book focuses on steps…
Author: N R KrishnanPublisher: Notion Press “This book traces the global and national process of gradual change in the integration of development and environment and, in a deeper sense the ethics of the relationship between humans and nature. The book is a veritable treasure of knowledge that shows how to live today for a common future in which no one…
Author: Ravina AggarwalPublisher: Young Zubaan “A motley group of school friends investigating a crime and a mysterious disappearance in the Himalayan foothills… if it sounds familiar, you’re not mistaken. But the beauty of Ravina Aggarwal’s Searching for the Songbird lies in how effortlessly it ties together various provocative themes and, quite literally, draws young readers into the music of the Doon Valley.…
Author: Anjana BasuPublisher: Talking Cub “The ever-expanding body of children’s literature featuring tigers gets another excellent addition in Grandfather’s Tiger Tales. The three stories in this anthology bring together familiar and unfamiliar narratives – of a tiger that came to a cricket match, of the fearsome tiger god Dakshin Ray of the Sunderbans, and of a tiger and a man sharing…
Author: Raj Shekhar, Devashish Makhija, Venkat Shyam and Nina SabnaniPublisher: Tulika “The striking musicality and eye-catching visuals of this book in verse by Devashish Makhija, Raj Shekhar, Venkat Shyam and Nina Sabnani lure readers into the world of Adivasis, ‘…the earth’s kuiya-muiya, singing the forest’s haiya-huiya’ where the river mumbles, the fish babble, hills whisper, trees tumble and everything sways to…