02065nam a22002537a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801120007608200160018810000220020410000240022624500820025026000340033230000220036636500080038852011560039665000250155265000280157765000180160570000200162394200090164399900170165295201420166920250129155416.0250129b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780670099696  a: Zafaa Books & Distributorsb: 313/103A, H. No.-15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi.c: ZBD0456d: 27/01/2025  a340.954 NAG  aNagendra, Harini.  a; Mundoli, Seema.    aShades of Blueb: Connecting the drops in India's cities.c/ Harini Nagendra.  aGurugramb : Penguinc, 2023.  ax, 334p.c: 22cm.  b349  aFor millennia, our cities have prospered and grown in the cradles of civilization-fertile lands blessed with rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. From the origins of life on earth, right down to its downfall, biblical or otherwise, water has been integral to the human story.

In this passionate and extensively researched tribute to the elixir that sustains us all, authors Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli take us on a panoramic view of the water bodies of India and the urgent need to address their emergent ecological threats. From the Yamuna in Delhi to the Cauvery in Karnataka and the Pichola Lake in Udaipur to the Brahmaputra in Assam, this book is epic in its sweep and yet deeply moving in its intimate concerns.

Interspersed with anthropological, legal and scientific vignettes of the water are fascinating anecdotes, ditties, myths and monsters blue and green. This book also brings into dialogue a vast range of colourful characters-from medieval poets to colonial masters and modern scientists-to paint for us a tapestry of connected histories and ring a timely knell for saving the very ecological systems that have sustained us for ages.  a Social Sciences      aDrops in India's cities  aLife on earth  aHarini Nagendra  cBOOK  c62782d62782  00102ddc4070aSNULbSNULd2025-01-29eZafaa Books & Distributorsg349.00l0o340.954 NAGp30689r2025-01-29 00:00:00w2025-01-29yBOOK