Everybody loves a good drought
by P. Sainath · first published 1996
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Read the following classic books (I'm sure there are others) to get a better perspective on why "working hard" itself may be a luxury. They helped me understand better. Good luck! Everybody Loves a Good Drought: P. Sainath. There's a haunting picture there of an emaciated man who climbs trees to gather toddy. The most poignant thing about it was that he needs protein since he does hard physical labor. The solution…
on “Poor in India Starve as Politicians Steal $14.5 Billion of Food” ↗…fiction should check this out) - Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia, 1992-1995 (received it as a birthday gift; my first graphic novel and I am loving it) - Shoes of the Dead by Kota Neelima - Everybody Loves a Good Drought by P. Sainath (one of the best non-fiction works I have read) - and some Manto, Pratchett, and John Le Carré. I have been reading three of the books among these forever and I intend finish them. I am…
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗…India; he has done this over last 20+ years. His articles are quite revealing. If you want to understand rural India then I highly recommend these two sources: 1. https://ruralindiaonline.org 2. Book, "Everybody Loves a Good Drought": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_a_Good_Drought
on “India’s daunting challenge: There’s water everywhere, and nowhere” ↗…crops and have droughts. Another thing is bureaucrats love droughts, you get extra money from the center for relief and it is a huge opportunity for corruption. There was even a book written on it called Everybody Loves a Good Drought, by P. Sainath, about his research findings of poverty in the rural districts of India.
on “India’s daunting challenge: There’s water everywhere, and nowhere” ↗