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020			_a978-93-95624-43-5
040			_aMahanirbar Calcutta Research Group Library _bEnglish
041	0		_aeng
082	0	4	_223 _a551.307 _bRAO
100	1		_aRao, Arati Kumar
245	1	0	_aMarginlands _bIndian landscapes on the brink _cArati Kumar - Rao
260			_aNew Delhi _bPikador India _cc2023
300			_ax, 240 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; _bill. ; _c23 cm
504			_aincl. bibliographical; references
505	0	0	_aPrologue: Gathereing String -- Part I: The desert. A liquid memory -- The landscape of loss -- Part II: Veins of our land. The Farakka folly -- A fleeting flash of fin -- Hunting with dolphins -- Fading to black -- Part III: An eroding margin. On the brink of brine -- Jewels by the sea -- Eating up the coast -- The tiger's lair -- Part IV: The third pole. When the glaciers disappear -- A coup on the roof of the world -- Into the hidden land -- Part V: The sound of cities. Where the wild things still are -- Listening to landscapes -- Epilogue: Learning to see -- Glossary of Local Words -- Notes -- Gratitude
520			_a"AN ENVIRONMENTALIST’S JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA’S PRECIOUS YET VULNERABLE LANDSCAPES. In the boundless Thar, deemed a ‘wasteland’ by the authorities, miners bulldoze sand dunes guarding life-sustaining water. The Gangetic dolphin, once a thriving apex predator, struggles for survival as its riverine habitat is fragmented by dams and roiled by incessant shipping. Deep in the mangrove forests of the Sunderban, tigers prey on desperate crab-catchers. Encroachments on the Mumbai coastline unleash cataclysmic floods. Along the eroding beaches of Kerala, fishers live in fear of the sea swallowing them whole. As the spectre of climate change compounds these natural and human-induced disasters, India’s most endangered landscapes are pushed to the precipice of destruction. Arati Kumar-Rao journeys to these marginlands, listening intently to their inhabitants, paying close attention to each fissure, fold and ripple, as she documents the misguided decisions, wilfully ignored warnings and disregarded evidence that have brought us almost to a point of no return. But the land is still rich in ancient wisdom, and its cracks hold lessons that may yet aid us in undoing centuries of slow violence – so long as one is willing to attune their senses. Combining enthralling nature writing and journalism with immersive art and photography, Marginlands is an urgent, vital work by a passionate chronicler of our environment."-- Book jacket
650		4	_aEcology
650		4	_aEnvironmental degradation
650		4	_aEnvironmental degradation _zIndia
650		4	_aEnvironmental protection
650		4	_aEnvironmental protection _zIndia
651		4	_aIndia
651		4	_aIndia _xEnvironmental conditions
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