Lat Does Not Exist: Oral Histories of Development-Induced Displacement in India
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Edition
1st. ed.
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ISBN
8185861501, 9788185861500
Length
283p., Illustrations; 23cm.
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Imagine the government one day orders you and your neighbors to tear down your houses to make way for 'progress.' You are all forced to leave behind your jobs, houses, and ways of life; nothing will ever be the same again. This has already happened to millions of people in India, and it is going to happen to many more.
Lat Does Not Exist is the story of one village in the state of Chhattisgarh that was torn down to make way for a massive pit mine meant to produce ...