Water for Pabolee: Stories about People and Development in the Himalayas

Robert Alter has spent a lifetime serving the people of what is now the new hill state of Uttaranchal. Located within the contemporary discourse of human geography, ecology and development, the intensely human stories of these hill people against a backdrop that gave the world the defining experiences of the Chipko movement, the Tehri Dam controversy and the 'Save the Doon' campaign.