Böcker av Sneha Sharma

Ayesha lost her Nani-maa to the pandemic two years ago. Withsummer just beginning, she's already missing her Nani and her homein Delhi, which she used to visit this time of year.But this summer promises to be unlike any other.Ayesha's best friend, Shreya, plans to make her smile again.She shares a story of an adorable calf named 'Chatur' and invitesAyesha to spend time with him. Chatur is born to Leela, a friendlywhite cow, at Shreya's Nani house in Nashik. Ayesha is captivated byChatur's story and can't wait to meet him.However, she soon discovers that Chatur is not just an ordinary calfand her companion to a place among the stars where she finallyreunites with her Nani-maa!

Modern waste disposal systems in mega-cities of the global South are embedded in socio-cultural belief systems, colonial histories and neoliberal logics which operate by reproducing existing social hierarchies. Sneha Sharma critically interrogates the politics around urban waste disposal in Mumbai, India, by undertaking an ethnographic journey to the city's most unwanted space, a dumping site. She challenges the dominant techno-managerial paradigm in waste management and reveals how spaces and people are made into waste through exclusionary social practices. Offering new insights on topics of urban marginality, informality, and urban planning, this book will attract scholars from sociology, urban studies, and human geography.