India Divided: The Lethal Mix of Free Trade, Famine and Fundamentalism in India

Bringing together historical, philosophical and scientific thought, this volume from physicist turned environmental, human rights and anti-globalisation activist Dr. Vandana Shiva investigates the crises of war, fundamentalism, mass famine and economic enslavement wreaking havoc in India today. Beginning with an analysis of India’s birth as a sovereign state, Shiva explains that the religious conflict between Islam and Hinduism in India was in fact engineered by the British as part of their colonial strategy of divide and rule . She turns a similar critical eye on the effect of multinationals’ manipulation of local politics and agricultural models in order to serve their own needs, which has undermined national sovereignty and placed the population at risk of starvation. Also offering a solution to these threats, INDIA ON FIRE is a bold treatise on the fate of the Indian nation.