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Episode: 7.10 Dr. Ramchandra Guha: What Can We Learn from India's Environmental Heroes?
Description: Curious about India’s unique relationship with the environment and the often-overlooked heroes who shaped it?In this episode of Books and Beyond, Michelle and Tara welcome celebrated historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha, and talk about his recent book Speaking with Nature. Known for his extensive work on Gandhi, Dr. Guha now uncovers the lives of Indian environmentalists who, since the 19th century, championed sustainable ways of living in harmony with nature. From literary icon Rabindranath Tagore to the indomitable Meera Ben, each figure in Dr. Guha’s latest book highlights a different angle of ‘livelihood environmentalism’, an approach...