The Political Biography Of An Earthquake Aftermath and Amnesia in Gujarat, India

Edward Simpson

Oxford University Press

330 pages, Rs. 950

Following the Gujarat earthquake of 2001, leaders in the state were deposed, proletarians created, religious fundamentalism incubated, the state restructured, and industrial capitalism expanded exponentially. Based on extensive research, the author focuses on the survivors of the catastrophe and their interactions with death, history, and those who used the shock of disaster to change the order of things.