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Repair common Windows errors and clear accumulated junk for a smoother, more stable PC - no reinstall needed.Free scan · no reinstallThese eight books approach water through poetry, graphic novels, fiction and nonfiction. Together, they move from a water-shortage crisis in Delhi and fishing communities along the coast to the cultural life of rivers and the history of the Indian Ocean. The environmental pressures they explore—among them scarcity, overfishing and dam construction—are presented here as subjects of the books, not as a current assessment of water conditions.
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- Poetry: City of Water and The Golden Boat: River Poems.
- Graphic novels: Waterlife, All Quiet in Vikaspuri and River of Stories.
- Fiction: A River Called Titash.
- Narrative nonfiction and history: Following Fish and The Ocean of Churn.
Eight books about water and changing lives
Waterlife — Rambharos Jha
This graphic novel imagines an underwater world through patterns associated with Madhubani art. Its visual approach draws on Jha’s experience growing up near the Ganga in Bihar, making it a natural choice for readers interested in art, place and river life.
City of Water — Anindita Sengupta
Sengupta’s poetry collection returns to water and rain through the lens of Bombay, the poet’s home city. Its account of the poet searching for water during drives in Bangalore gives the collection an urban, everyday point of entry into the subject.
Following Fish: Travels Around the Indian Coast — Samanth Subramanian
This narrative nonfiction follows coastal fishing cultures, local histories, food and custom. It also describes how trawler overfishing puts pressure on small, traditional fishers. Read it for a human-scale account of the coast and the communities whose livelihoods are tied to fishing.
The Golden Boat: River Poems — edited by K. Satchidanandan
This anthology brings together 49 poems about rivers in India, drawing on multiple languages. Its poets include Rabindranath Tagore, Mamang Dai and Amrita Pritam. The collection offers many voices rather than a single narrative about what rivers mean.
All Quiet in Vikaspuri — Sarnath Banerjee
Banerjee’s graphic novel satirizes a water-shortage crisis in New Delhi. Its central character, a plumber, is sent in search of the mythical Saraswati river, while the story connects scarcity with class conflict. This is the list’s most overtly satirical take on an urban water crisis.
A River Called Titash — Adwaita Mallabarman
Set in a fishing village on the Titas, this novel follows a community whose culture, customs and economy erode amid modernization, conflict and natural disaster. Its interconnected stories unfold across many years, showing change through the lives of people tied to the river.
River of Stories — Orijit Sen
This 62-page graphic novel examines the environmental, social and political ramifications of the Narmada dam’s construction. It uses parallel narratives: a journalist visits a village, while another strand tells of the birth of the Narmada, locally known as Rewa. Choose it for a story focused on development and its effects on people and place.
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The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History — Sanjeev Sanyal
Sanyal traces the history of lands connected by the Indian Ocean, from the ocean’s formation to the transformation of Bombay into Mumbai. The book focuses on maritime history and lesser-known historical figures, widening the list’s scope from local waters to a connected region.
What the books say about water’s pressures
The titles approach environmental change through different kinds of storytelling. In All Quiet in Vikaspuri, water scarcity becomes a satirical city crisis; Following Fish describes trawler overfishing as pressure on traditional fishers; and River of Stories considers the consequences of dam construction. A River Called Titash follows a river community through broader social and natural change.
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These are literary subjects and descriptions of the books, not evidence of present-day water availability, pollution or ecological conditions. The source article does not supply attributable statistics on those topics, so the list is best read as a set of cultural and human perspectives rather than a factual briefing on today’s water risks.
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This selection follows Urvashi Bahuguna’s Scroll.in article, “We’re running out of water. Read these books whose stories flow around it,” published July 8, 2017. The books are not ranked, and the source does not make a comparative literary evaluation. Read the original article on Scroll.in.
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