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Everybody Loves a Good Drought:Stories from India’s Poorest Districts
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A LANDMARK OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING AND SOCIAL INQUIRY, WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR
Acclaimed worldwide, Everybody Loves a Good Drought is the acknowledged classic on rural poverty in India. Three decades after publication, it remains unsurpassed in the scope and depth of its reportage, providing an intimate view of the daily struggles of the poor and the efforts, often ludicrous, made to uplift them.
The Indian poor are too often reduced to statistics. In the dry lanÂguage of development reports and economic projections, the true misery of the hundreds of millions living below the poverty line gets overlooked. In this thoroughly researched study of the poorest of the poor, we see how they manage and what sustains them. The people in this book typify the lives and aspirations of a large secÂtion of Indian society, and their stories give a glimpse into the true face of development.
Reviews
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A beautifully judged account, bristling with vigorous humanity
The Mail on Sunday -
A devastating new book ... on a huge section of Indian society ... Its author has criss-crossed the country, living in the poorest villages and riding the trains with out-of-work migrants, to compile a dossier of deprivation and neglect...
The Guardian -
An extraordinary achievement…a fascinating, worrying and at times amusing book…He has avoided the sensational — the spectacular natural disasters or the outbreaks of plague — and concentrated instead on building up a detailed picture of how people live
, The Times, London
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Establishes Sainath as one of the finest Indian journalists of his generation ... This is journalism of a high order; pointed, well-researched, critical, stirring, alive with passion and thought. It deserves the widest readership
, The Independent -
Extraordinary — investigative journalism at its best
Times Literary Supplement -
While the author’s original audience was Indian, this book transcends national borders, presenting characters, lives and stories of interest to anyone who follows community development and politics ... a fascinating look into the lives of some of the world’s poorest citizens ... few journalists commit themselves to a project as this author has done
, The Vancouver Sun