TY - GEN AU - Rao, Arati Kumar TI - Margin lands SN - 9789395624435 U1 - 712.954 PY - 2023/// CY - New Delhi PB - Picador N1 - Contents Prologue : Gathering String 1 Part 1: The Desert A Liquid Memory 17 The Landscape of Loss 32 Part 2 : Veins of our Land The Farakka Folly 49 A Fleeting Flash of Fin 64 Hunting with Dolphins 78 Fading to Black 87 Part 3 : An Eroding Margin On the Brink of Brine 103 Jewels by the Sea 116 Eating up the Coast 127 The Tiger's Lair 140 Part 4 : The Third Pole When the Glacier Disappear 155 A Coup on the Roof of the World 166 Into the Hidden Land 177 Part 5 : The Sound of Cities Where the Wild things Still Are 193 Listening to Landscapes 207 Epilogue : Learning to See 219 Glossary of Local Words 228 Notes 234 Gratitude 239 ER -