5/13/2023 0 Comments Not a drop to drink bookIn 2020, when we were hit by the coronavirus pandemic and shut down inside our homes, she decided to seize the opportunity to write about the plight of those facing water scarcity in the slums of Mumbai. This, Bajaj said, “helped me to bond, it helped me to understand… I have wanted to write about them…”. During this session, Bajaj was in conversation with writer and civic leader, Andrea White.īajaj worked as a therapist at an intervention clinic in a poor neighborhood of Mumbai, and after she realized that theoretical knowledge and evaluation tests would not serve her well, she “decided to share roti and sabzi with the clients in the clinic, and to hear their stories”. Bajaj's book is a poignant take on class, wealth, and equity around the disparity of water in the suburbs of Mumbai, India. Water Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to DrinkĪt JLF Houston 2022, bestselling author Varsha Bajaj discussed her compelling middle-grade novel, ‘ Thirst’.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |