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Anthropocene
Last Updated 29 May 2021, 20:04 IST

A literary and artistic response to the most urgent issues that face humanity now — climate change and the pandemic — Anthropocene by Sudeep Sen tackles the complexities head-on with honesty and sensitivity, without any compromise.

Simultaneously engaging multiple genres — creative non-fiction, essay, prose, poetry and photography — the book interrogates our lives against the backdrop of a dangerously fraught and ever-changing landscape, on the emotional, physical, micro and macro levels.

Amid all the negative noise in the world, this comes as a quiet artistic offering — a testament to our fervent times where the ever-increasing ravages of climate change scar humanity, where fascist politics overrides the silence of introspection, where the cleaving schism between the rich and poor becomes ever-widening, where racism peaks at an all-time high, where toxicity among people proliferates, and fake news abounds.

Ultimately, the book is a plea for positivity and prayer — it urges us to slow down, to introspect, to consume less. It is time once again to learn how to love selflessly and embrace “Hope, heed, heal — our song, in present tense.”

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(Published 29 May 2021, 19:39 IST)

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