{"product_id":"when-godavari-comes-peoples-history-of-a-river-journeys-in-the-zone-of-the-dispossessed","title":"When Godavari Comes: PeopleS History Of A River Journeys In The Zone Of The Dispossessed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Book Cruises Through The Length And Breadth Of Godavari (As Much As Possible), Between Years 2006 And 2013, Into The Villages To Be Submerged By The Indira Sagar Polavaram National Multi-Purpose Project Of Andhra Pradesh-Telangana. Through An Engaged First-Person Journal Of Journeys In These Villages, The Author Records PeopleS Voices (And Faces) And Reflects On The Issues, Such As, Historical Past Of Godavari Region And Its Bearing On The Present, Idea Of A River, Forest And Land And The Male Construct Of A Dam. When Godavari Comes, There Is A Churning That Brings In New Life, Crops, On Fields, Marshes And Wetlands And At The Same Time She Also Leaves Some People Stranded, Manoeuvering Their LifeS Boat Through, Even As They Are Rendered At The Mercy Of The State. Yet, The Destruction From A GodavariS Coming Is Not Permanent, Nor An Apocalypse, As A Massive Modern Displacement From Development Is. In Journeying On Godavari, Travelling With Its Flow, You Meet These People- Adivasi\/Tribal, Dalits (And The Other Marginalised)- And Hear Their Stories, Their Philosophies Of Life And Of Being Reduced To A Sunyam (Zero). Indeed, A Whole History Is In The Process Of Being Written From Above In This Geographical-Cultural-Social Space. This Is The First Book Of This Nature Based Almost Entirely On PeopleS Voices From The Submergence Zone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aakar Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45878690709702,"sku":"DADAX9350023091","price":9.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0695\/9389\/1014\/files\/81Y-Z_RzggL.jpg?v=1779699340","url":"https:\/\/ergodemedia.com\/products\/when-godavari-comes-peoples-history-of-a-river-journeys-in-the-zone-of-the-dispossessed","provider":"Ergodemedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}