Chronicles Of Courage: A Revolution In The Valley

A Novel Of The Silent Valley Movement Of 1973–1984It Is 1978 And Letters Are Flying From Jenny In Palakkad To Teesta In Bombay And Back. Jenny Lives Near The Silent Valley Forest In Kerala And Loves Her Life In General (Except For Pushkin). Teesta Wants To Be A Journalist And Lives In A House That Smells Of Biscuits. When They Become Pen Pals, Their Worlds Opens Up―Teesta Brings The City To Jenny And Jenny Nudges Teesta To Express Herself Freely.When The Government Gives Permission For A Dam That Will Submerge Half Of Silent Valley, And Urban Expansion Threatens The Coastal Mangroves Of Bombay, Jenny And Teesta Must Inspire Each Other As They Fight Their Own Battles Against Those Who Seek To Destroy Nature.Award-Winning Author Bijal Vachharajani Writes Of Nature And Change And Celebrates The Wild In This Delightful Novel.The Chronicles Of Courage Series Looks At Moments And Movements In India After Independence That Have Shaped The Life Of The Nation.