Nair, Gayatri (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology)

Set Adrift: Capitalist Transformations and Community Politics along Mumbai's shores Nair, Gayatri (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology)

he Koli community in Mumbai has experienced rapid changes over the last few decades, in the forms of increased mechanization, export of fish to global markets, and the pressure of urbanization on their living and work spaces. Through an examination of the lives and struggles of fishers in one of India's wealthiest cities, this book looks at how contestations around livelihoods map out in the shadow of significant encounters between capitalism and ecology.