ABSTRACT

This is the first book which provides an engaging and insightful narrative on the life of a geographer in India. The author introspects on her own experiences and engagements with the discipline and explores the life and works of twenty-four other geographers from India.

The volume documents and acknowledges the commitment of geographers to life, teaching, and the subject of geography. Collectively these provide an insight into the growth and expansion of the discipline in the country. The book offers critical perspectives on the changing disciplinary practices within the field of geography by highlighting the major achievements and teaching methods of geographers. It highlights the diverse interests, themes, and problems in geography which these geographers pursued while also influencing the lives of other researchers and professionals.

This book will be of immense interest to students, teachers, and researchers of geography and social anthropology and readers interested in the lives of these influential educators and academicians.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

part I|83 pages

LifeSpace

chapter 1|81 pages

My LifeSpace as a geographer

part II|107 pages

LifeScapes

chapter 2|18 pages

Unfinished words and untold works of an Indian geographer

S.G. Burman

chapter 3|18 pages

Opportunity a bit late…Death a bit soon

C.P. Singh

chapter 4|32 pages

Mapping Gopal Krishan

chapter 5|37 pages

A master geographer–planner

K.V. Sundaram

part III|47 pages

LifeContours