title: A Tapestry of Tears: Short Stories from India
author:  Gita V. Reddy 
description: <i>In a Tapestry of Tears,Gita V. Reddy strips away the curtain of mystery surrounding the lives of Indian women. She takes us into their world and shares both the pleasures and horrors of their reality. You immediately come to care about these women and about what will happen to them~ Donna Foley Mabry, Bestselling Author of Maude.</i><br /><br /><i>I found the writing to be quite beautiful. Images were spun and woven so well that I could easily envision these people and these places. Fiction though this book may be, these stories are built from truth and history~ Pooled Ink Reviews.</i><br /><i></i><br /><i>While the collection has the potential to be heartbreaking, Ms. Reddy weaves a thread of hope throughout the collectionthat leaves you feeling uplifted.~ PennyMinding Mom.</i>
zlib_text: Resisting 
  Dispossession
  The Odisha Story
  Ranjana Padhi · Nigamananda Sadangi
  
  The Odisha Story
  “It is a truism that scholarship devoid of passion for the working people will make 
  even good research bereft of gripping minds and hearts. It is this which sets apart 
  Resisting Dispossession: The Odisha Story in which the authors have combined 
  research with empathy and passion for those who suffered, survived and struggled. 
  Beginning with Hirakud Dam in the fifties, the Missile Test Range in Baliapal in 
  the eighties, Tatas’ plan to take over prawn cultivation in Chilika Lake in the early 
  nineties to POSCO and Vedanta in the 2000s, the book provides individual 
  accounts of each struggle informed by historical insight and a thread which holds 
  the book together and compels readers to think and engage. Two much admired 
  activists offer us readers not just analysis but also remind us of the power of knowl-
  edge-based resistance.”
  —Gautam Navlakha, Democratic Rights Activist and Writer  
  A