Water / Subhash Vyam with Gita Wolf.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [Chennai, India] : Tara Books, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9789383145614
- 9383145617
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2095 V996 | Available | 33111008886125 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Did we take more than our due?" Weaving his tale around a Gond fable about water, artist Subash Vyam muses on the history of our relationship to this most primeval of elements. A migrant to the city, he recalls growing up in a village where water was always scarce and human ingenuity was welcomed. In contrast to the village, the needs of the city are monstrous and there is a great danger that we will run this resource completely dry. In the end, there is only one way forward: allcommunities need to make a pact with Nature in order to survive -- or in our mindless push to harness her powers, we might lose our own place in this universe.
After migrating to the city and seeing its immense water needs, the author uses an ancient fable to build a case for making a mindful pact with the natural world in order for all to survive with dignity.