![]() ![]() ![]() The book is divided into sections and each article is a story. The book also has occasional sprinklings of “what went right” experiences. ![]() And the incredible courage with which the poor battle to lead a life with dignity.Įverybody Loves a Good Drought is full of insights into what is wrong with existing development processes in highly inequitable poor societies. In a style that avoids sensationalism and sticking to the facts through well-researched accounts of the living conditions of the majority of Indians, Sainath brings out the apathy, idiocy and gross injustice of the government machinery to the open. Sainath dispels the myth in this compelling account of the realities of rural poverty. Sainath takes head on the myth being spread by the government and the media that poverty is at least receding in India. While each article focuses on an individual or a small group, it becomes clear to the reader that there are millions and millions of people in villages under similar conditions. ![]() The book is a compilation of articles Sainath penned during 1992, when on a Times of India fellowship he has toured some of the poorest districts in the country to know how the poorest of the poor citizens of free India eke out a living in rural areas. As I began to read, I was numbed to the point of depression. The book Everyone Loves A Good Drought by P Sainath was first published in 1996 and was reprinted several times later. ![]()
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