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Landscapes of Loss : The Story of an Indian Drought

WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021

Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada -- a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region -- has seen a surge in farmer suicides.

At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has persisted for almost a decade. Relief packages and loan waivers have not reversed the trend. On the contrary, the stories of dystopia grow more tragic every year as thousands of farmer families flee to the big cities, while those who stay back are plagued by bad credit and crop loss.

Landscapes of Loss tells the story of Marathwada through the accounts of its people: marginal farmers, Dalits, landless labourers, farm widows and children. It lays bare the complex factors that have brought the region to this pass -- a story representative, in many ways, of the agrarian unrest in large parts of rural India.


Author:

  • Kavitha Iyer

Narrator:

  • Shivani Vakil Savant

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 9 h 45 min

Language:

English

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    Kavitha Iyer

    For twenty years, Kavitha Iyer's work as a journalist has revolved around recounting the stories of those on the margins, from slum dwellers in Mumbai to indigenous farmers in remote villages. She has written extensively on India's farm crisis, land rights, land reform, farmer suicides, distress migration and urbanization. After two stints spanning over seventeen years with The Indian Express, she is now an independent journalist.

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