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No one had a tongue to speak : the untold story of one of history's deadliest floods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandesara, Utpal, 1986-
Other Authors: Wooten, Tom, 1986-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2011.
Subjects:
Floods > India > Morvi.
Floods > India > Machchhu River.
Disaster relief > India > Morvi.
Disaster victims > India > Morvi > Interviews.
Flood damage > India > Morvi.
Dam failures > India > Morvi.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Dr. Paul Farmer
  • Prologue : "A Vaniyan of Morbi goes to the Machhu's waters"
  • On the banks of the Machhu River
  • "The government decides, and the government builds"
  • "This monsoon descends"
  • "Something out of the ordinary"
  • "Not a single brick will survive"
  • "Even the pests were dead"
  • "They would work and cry, cry and work"
  • "Everyone was a beggar"
  • "But courage and strength remain"
  • "Justice was not done"
  • Epilogue : "Can any page of history be forgotten?"