Challenge the very notion of development and explore its profound real-world impacts. This essential text delves into critical struggles for social change, offering a potent critique of conventional development paradigms. Through original case studies and insightful framing essays, it illuminates the contradictions of modernity, revealing disempowerment and displacement. Gain a deeper understanding of alternative possibilities for social existence. An indispensable resource for students of development studies and sociology in India, and for anyone committed to social justice and equitable growth.