Maitreyi De

“Maldevelopment is the violation of the integrity of organic, interconnected and interdependent systems, that sets in motion a process of exploitation, inequality, injustice and violence. It is blind to the fact that a recognition of nature’s harmony and action to maintain it are preconditions for distributive justice.”
― Vandana Shiva, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development

“writing without creativity would be akin”
― Sudha Murty, Here, There and Everywhere: Best-Loved Stories of Sudha Murthy

“Simplicity and nonviolence are the basis of an economy of wellbeing, and such an economy must be localised.”
― Vandana Shiva, Oneness vs The 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom

“Staying home is an ecological imperative, an ethical imperative. It is also a joyful option. It is the practice of oikonomia as the art of living. It is earth democracy in action, cultivating and expanding the freedoms of all beings.”
― Vandana Shiva, Oneness vs The 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom