One day, in the year China invades India, a little before Prime Minister Nehru dies, a probably unholy cow calls on two brothers, the protagonists of this book. 30 years later, after the departure of Nehru's spirit from their country, the two brothers embark on a journey to see the Taj Mahal.

Beethoven Among the Cows

Literature & Fiction

Advani, Rukun

Humor & Satire

South Asia Books

Based on research conducted over two decades, this accessible and deeply felt book provides a provocative comparative history of environmentalism in two large ecologically and culturally diverse democracies—India and the United States. Ramachandra Guha takes as his point of departure the dominant environmental philosophies in these two countries—identified as "agrarianism" in India and "wilderness thinking" in the U.S. Proposing an inclusive "social ecology" framework that goes beyond these partisan ideologies, Guha arrives at a richer understanding of controversies over large dams, state forests, wildlife reserves, and more. He offers trenchant critiques of privileged and isolationist proponents of conservation, persuasively arguing for biospheres that care as much for humans as for other species. He also provides profiles of three remarkable environmental thinkers and activists—Lewis Mumford, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, and Madhav Gadgil. Finally, the author asks the fundamental environmental question—how much should a person or country consume?—and explores a range of answers.Copub: Permanent Black

How Much Should a Person Consume?: Environmentalism in India and the United States

Business & Money

GUHA, RAMACHANDRA

Economics

University of California Press

Based on research conducted over two decades, this accessible and deeply felt book provides a provocative comparative history of environmentalism in two large ecologically and culturally diverse democracies―India and the United States. Ramachandra Guha takes as his point of departure the dominant environmental philosophies in these two countries―identified as "agrarianism" in India and "wilderness thinking" in the U.S. Proposing an inclusive "social ecology" framework that goes beyond these partisan ideologies, Guha arrives at a richer understanding of controversies over large dams, state forests, wildlife reserves, and more. He offers trenchant critiques of privileged and isolationist proponents of conservation, persuasively arguing for biospheres that care as much for humans as for other species. He also provides profiles of three remarkable environmental thinkers and activists―Lewis Mumford, Chandi Prasad Bhatt, and Madhav Gadgil. Finally, the author asks the fundamental environmental question―how much should a person or country consume?―and explores a range of answers. Copub: Permanent Black

One wintry day, in the year China invades India, a little before Prime Minister Nehru dies of a broken heart, a probably unholy cow comes calling on two brothers. Thirty years later, they embark on a passage through India to see the Taj Mahal, only to have their journey interrupted by another cow. In between these two episodes the brothers, always uneasy with reality, seem to invent a country called India in their minds. This is an uncommon India, made up of the fantastic, the visionary and the historically true - of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru, Mikhail Gorbachev and Elizabeth Taylor, Mughal emperors and an Egyptian empress, Ludwig van Beethoven and Nostradamus, cricket and politics, floods and train journeys, peacocks and broken monuments.

Faber&Faber

This title, first published in 1984, is a study of E. M. Forster as a liberal-humanist thinker and socio-literary critic. Advani discusses Forster's ideas on man, society, politics, religion, art, aesthetics, fiction and literary criticism. The author examines why Forster was impelled from fiction towards socio-literary criticism and propaganda for art within the political and cultural context of post-Great War Britain. The book argues for Forster's continuing importance as much more than a skilful novelist. It will be of interest to students of English cultural history, literary theory and criticism, and the work of E. M. Forster.

E.M. Forster as critic

Croom Helm

Civil Lines New Writing from India

Classics

E. M. Forster as Critic (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory)

This title, first published in 1984, is a study of E. M. Forster as a liberal-humanist thinker and socio-literary critic. Advani discusses Forster’s ideas on man, society, politics, religion, art, aesthetics, fiction and literary criticism. The author examines why Forster was impelled from fiction towards socio-literary criticism and propaganda for art within the political and cultural context of post-Great War Britain. The book argues for Forster’s continuing importance as much more than a skilful novelist. It will be of interest to students of English cultural history, literary theory and criticism, and the work of E. M. Forster.

History & Criticism

Routledge

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Beethoven Among the Cows

How Much Should a Person Consume?: Environmentalism in India and the United States

How Much Should a Person Consume?: Environmentalism in India and the United States

Beethoven Among the Cows

E.M. Forster as critic

Civil Lines New Writing from India

E. M. Forster as Critic (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory)

E. M. Forster as Critic (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory)

E. M. Forster as Critic (Routledge Library Editions: Literary Theory)