Submerged Worlds and Other Amazing Stories

The job of any river is to flow and as it flows it nurtures everything around it everything within it. But when human interference affects this natural flow it brings floods and droughts displacement and suffering in its wake.From melting glaciers to urban flooding sand mining to dammed rivers river rights to river interlinking projects dead rivers to river revival this book is an attempt to understand Indias rivers through their stories and the narratives of those whose lives are interlaced with the life of rivers.Deeply steeped in the historical spiritual cultural political ecological and economic fabric of our society these stories are highly relevant in todays world where the climate crisis is a water crisis. Compelling readers to listen to the rivers gentle yet urgent voice its a must read for all non-fiction lovers and students keen on understanding life in the subcontinent we call home.