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Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai

Saumya Roy

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Description:A beautiful and searing indictment of our global failure to deal with waste, told through the life of Farzana, a ragpicker living on Deonar, the legendary garbage mountain found at the edge of Mumbai.All of Mumbai's memories and possessions come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains at the city's outskirts. In this graveyard of castaway belongings, among the vast, teetering piles of discarded items--medical waste, rotten food, old clothes, broken glass, and twisted metal--lives a small, forgotten community of ragpickers. In this sweeping narrative, Saumya Roy follows the life of Farzana, a girl who was born in Deonar, and her community that lives off other people's waste. Infused with superstition and magical realism, we learn of growing up amid the spirits of things and people sent there to die, a love story born from moonlit nights walking atop these mountains, and finding hope and beauty in this desolate landscape. But as time passes, the community's way of life becomes more and more precarious. In 2016, the mountains caught fire, forcing Mumbai to reckon with its waste mismanagement. As officials now try to close the dumping grounds, the people of Deonar are more vulnerable than ever. A modern parable exploring the consequences of urban pollution and the global impact of overconsumption, The Mountain of Castaway Belongings delivers a moving testament to the dire necessity of environmentalism, and how love and dignity can blossom in even the darkest, most desperate places.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai. To get started finding Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 519

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ISBN: 166260095X

Description: A beautiful and searing indictment of our global failure to deal with waste, told through the life of Farzana, a ragpicker living on Deonar, the legendary garbage mountain found at the edge of Mumbai.All of Mumbai's memories and possessions come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains at the city's outskirts. In this graveyard of castaway belongings, among the vast, teetering piles of discarded items--medical waste, rotten food, old clothes, broken glass, and twisted metal--lives a small, forgotten community of ragpickers. In this sweeping narrative, Saumya Roy follows the life of Farzana, a girl who was born in Deonar, and her community that lives off other people's waste. Infused with superstition and magical realism, we learn of growing up amid the spirits of things and people sent there to die, a love story born from moonlit nights walking atop these mountains, and finding hope and beauty in this desolate landscape. But as time passes, the community's way of life becomes more and more precarious. In 2016, the mountains caught fire, forcing Mumbai to reckon with its waste mismanagement. As officials now try to close the dumping grounds, the people of Deonar are more vulnerable than ever. A modern parable exploring the consequences of urban pollution and the global impact of overconsumption, The Mountain of Castaway Belongings delivers a moving testament to the dire necessity of environmentalism, and how love and dignity can blossom in even the darkest, most desperate places.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai. To get started finding Castaway Mountain: Love and Loss Among the Wastepickers of Mumbai, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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