This book analyzes India's impressive efforts in responding to
sensational and easily visible disasters in contrast to the 'silent
emergency' of drought-induced under nutrition and starvation
deaths. Building on Amartya Sen's famous claim that no famine has
ever occurred in a democratic country, it re-examines the
relationship between democracy, public action and famine
prevention. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative data in
India at national, state and local levels as well as in-depth field
visits to two states on India's east coast, Orissa and West Bengal,
the author analyzes the following issues:
- the interaction between specific institutions in India and
their accountability to the public
- the role of the media in highlighting problems of extreme
poverty and destitution and the effectiveness of political and
administrative responses to such reports
- the extent to which tribal groups are vulnerable to starvation
and famine, and an analysis of whether starvation deaths in
drought-prone Kalahandi district in Orissa are unique in India
- the impact of two major nutrition programmes, the Public
Distribution System (PDS) and the Integrated Child Development
Services (ICDS), in reducing the incidence, duration and impact of
starvation deaths.
Starvation and India's Democracy will be of interest to
researchers in economics, political science, philosophy,
development studies and South Asian studies.
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