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History is guilty of forgetting the sacrifices of many heroes, without whose contribution independence would never have been possible. Much has been written about our popular leaders, but do we know about the fifteen-year-old who kept shouting slogans while being brutally thrashed in a prison cell, a mother taking the bullet to save her son, or a young female revolutionary consuming poison to avoid capture. Little is known about Bhagat Singh’s daring escape with the help of a young mother, the brutal massacre of the Khudai Khidmatgars at the Qissa Khwani Bazaar, or the journalist murdered while saving people during communal riots…the list is endless. This book attempts to bring to you a few such stories of valour and the lessons we can learn from them.
Bharat Dogra?s reports from many remote parts of India on rural distress and struggles have been wake-up calls for policy-makers and general polity to focus more on the marginalised sections of our society. He has written extensively on environment, development and welfare issues for over four decades. His articles and reports on these issues have been published in leading newspapers and journals in India and abroad. He has received several prestigious awards for his writings in English and Hindi. On the basis of his wide-ranging experiences and research Bharat Dogra has increasingly argued in recent years that the environmental crisis is now taking the form of nothing less than a survival crisis and the next few years will be crucial for resolving this catastrophe. This book from the noted journalist and author calls for people?s response as the only way forward to lessen this worldwide crisis.
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