*Introduction;

*Part 1 The India that is;

*Chapter 1 Cornering the Benefits;

*Chapter 2 Passing on the Costs;

*Chapter 3 A Cauldron of Conflicts;

*Chapter 4 Ideologies of Environmentalism;

*Part 2 The India that might be;

*Chapter 5 Conservative–Liberal–Socialism;

*Chapter 6 Knowledge of the People, by the People, for the People;

*Chapter 7 What are Forests For?;

*Chapter 8 Is there Safety in Numbers?;

*Chapter 9 Resources of Hope;

Radical both in its critique of the causes of environmental crisis in India and in its proposal for ecological reform, this book reveals the interconnections of social and environmental conflict and makes for essential reading.