This article is a collection of critical reflections upon reading Prof. Madhav Gadgil’s memoir “A walk up the hill — Living with people and nature”. The book can be purchased here on amazon.in. I’d classify my reflections in the umbrella of Dharma-Ecology-Economy which is my area of interest.
Prof.Madhav Gadgil is one of India’s best-known ecologists. More info on him and his stellar contributions can be read here on Wikipedia.
I have followed Prof.Gadgil’s published works and media outreach for over a decade now. What follows is a critical reflection on several remarks that Prof.Gadgil makes on Ecology and Economy in this book. In this review these remarks are analyzed from a traditionalist standpoint with an explicit bias towards Hindu dharmic traditions (as understood by me).