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028			_a: International Book Distributors _b: Flat No.-17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi _c: 122165 _d: 10/11/2025
082			_a325.73 MEH
100			_aMehrotra, Ita.
245			_aUprooted _b: A Graphic Account of the Struggle for Forest Rights. _c/Ita Mehrotra.
260			_a, Chennai _b: Context _c, 2025.
300			_a132p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b419
520			_aThe Van Gujjars and the Taungyas have lived in the forests of the Uttarakhand Terai for countless generations. They have been caretakers of the trees, the land and their animals. Through intimate conversations in image and word, Uprooted invites us to bear witness to the changing relationship that the Van Gujjars and the Taungyas have with the forests around them—as they live, laugh and struggle in the face of exclusionary conservation, state antagonism and encroachment under the guise of ‘development’. Bringing together notes and drawings from 2021 to 2025, Uprooted takes in a wide sweep of history—from the British forest laws that sought to loot the forest and disenfranchise forest-dwelling communities to the Forest Rights Act, 2006, which brought hope. The book lends an ear to the younger generation, both within the forests and in the unsettled terrain of resettlement colonies, as they find innovative methods of continuing their struggles and carving out an identity of their own. Uprooted raises questions about the politics of resettlement, and the future of these struggles by the Van Gujjars and the Taungyas. Mehrotra’s elegant, expressive drawings and discerning eye create a compelling visual archive that is, equally, a handy introduction to the forest rights’ movement in India.
650			_a Forest Rights
650			_aGraphic Design
650			_aUprooted
700			_aIta Mehrotra.
942			_cBOOK
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