In Gandhi's Footsteps
The Other India Press, Mapusa, Goa, India 1998
© The Other India Press, Goa, India 1998
ISBN: 81-85569-39-8
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Books on NGO and activist politics are truly hard
to come by. Rainer Hoerig's book on India's social
movements – translated for the Indian reader from the
original German edition – attempts to meet precisely
this gap. A sympathetic outsider, Hoerig attempts a
detailed inside view of the country's environment agitations
and uncovers their active Gandhian roots. Basing himself on
extensive travels and interviews with activists like Vandana
Shiva, Baba Amte, Anil Agarwal and others, he provides engaging
insights into the functioning of India's alternative politics.
excerpt: A living Tradition – The Potter Woman Sarabehn (p. 12) exerpt: Ecology and Tradition (p. 33) excerpt: Traditions struggle for Survival (p. 35 - 38) See also:
Sympathie Magazin: Indien verstehen
India's Programme on Interlinking Rivers
Daughter of the Earth - Indian Activist Vandana Shiva
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