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'A compelling adventure' - Medha Patkar





'Michael Benanav' portrait of the nomadic Van Gujjar people is compassionate sensitive and keenly attuned to the challenges confronted by traditional ways of life around the world.' -



Akash Kapur author of India Becoming







For forty-four days Michael Benanav an American writer and freelance photographer for The New York Times lived and travelled with the Van Gujjars a forest-dwelling tribe of nomadic buffalo herders in northern India on their annual spring migration to the Himalayas. He went to document their traditional way of life but there was trouble on the trail: the Uttarakhand forest department threatened to block nomadic families whose ancestral summer meadows are within Govind National Park from the pastures they rely on for the survival of their herds.

A fascinating account of life on the road with nomads this book tells the story of one family's quest to save its buffaloes and itself. More than a rare glimpse into the hidden world of a tribe of vegetarian Muslims who risk their lives for their animals this is an intimate picture of the hopes fears hardships and joys of people who wonder if there's still a place for them on this planet. It's an important exploration of the relationship between humankind and wild lands - and a tale of friendship that bridges two very different cultures.
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  • ISBN: 9789351770916
  • Author: Benanav Michael
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pages: 222
  • Format: Paperback
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'A compelling adventure' - Medha Patkar





'Michael Benanav' portrait of the nomadic Van Gujjar people is compassionate sensitive and keenly attuned to the challenges confronted by traditional ways of life around the world.' -



Akash Kapur author of India Becoming







For forty-four days Michael Benanav an American writer and freelance photographer for The New York Times lived and travelled with the Van Gujjars a forest-dwelling tribe of nomadic buffalo herders in northern India on their annual spring migration to the Himalayas. He went to document their traditional way of life but there was trouble on the trail: the Uttarakhand forest department threatened to block nomadic families whose ancestral summer meadows are within Govind National Park from the pastures they rely on for the survival of their herds.

A fascinating account of life on the road with nomads this book tells the story of one family's quest to save its buffaloes and itself. More than a rare glimpse into the hidden world of a tribe of vegetarian Muslims who risk their lives for their animals this is an intimate picture of the hopes fears hardships and joys of people who wonder if there's still a place for them on this planet. It's an important exploration of the relationship between humankind and wild lands - and a tale of friendship that bridges two very different cultures.

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