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A review by surabhi_11
Everybody Loves a Good Drought: Stories from India's Poorest Districts by P. Sainath
4.0
" The best it can get by way of space is when UNICEF’s annual ‘State of the World’s Children Report’ is released. Then it makes an occasional bow on the centre page. Or, in one of those anguished editorials (hastily written because the one on the stock exchange didn't turn up) asking: 'Where have we gone wrong?' After which, it can be packed away to be used in identical format the following year. If no Indian has won a beauty contest that season, it could even make the front page. This establishes that the newspaper has a caring editor, who will soon address the Rotary Club on What can be done for our children."
The stories will hold your hand and will take you to places you have never visited. It will request you to patiently hear and know about the lives of people who are very often excluded from the sincere attention of mainstream media, society and governance. The book written in 1990s about the critical social issues of underserved India holds its value of providing a reality check to India's development in current times as well.
Written in form of simple narrative, this book has made a genuine attempt to give its reader a glimpse of how many Indias live in one, silently and subdued. Every story demands the reader's attention on his/her role in making the society a better place but at the same time intimidate the reader with the complexity of issues that the society is crippled with. The author's effort in documenting these stories by being part of the lives of his protagonists is really commendable. Data, facts, conversations, reasons, questions, and most importantly, empathy - the readers of this book would have enough of everything that instigates the spirit of inquiry.
A must read for aspiring development professional or anyone who wants to understand the problems of the Indian communities.
The stories will hold your hand and will take you to places you have never visited. It will request you to patiently hear and know about the lives of people who are very often excluded from the sincere attention of mainstream media, society and governance. The book written in 1990s about the critical social issues of underserved India holds its value of providing a reality check to India's development in current times as well.
Written in form of simple narrative, this book has made a genuine attempt to give its reader a glimpse of how many Indias live in one, silently and subdued. Every story demands the reader's attention on his/her role in making the society a better place but at the same time intimidate the reader with the complexity of issues that the society is crippled with. The author's effort in documenting these stories by being part of the lives of his protagonists is really commendable. Data, facts, conversations, reasons, questions, and most importantly, empathy - the readers of this book would have enough of everything that instigates the spirit of inquiry.
A must read for aspiring development professional or anyone who wants to understand the problems of the Indian communities.