Dr. Maria Neira
Director, WHO India
A powerful advocate...the book will contribute enormously to our cause globally.
Kaushik Basu
Former Chief Economist, World Bank
An important book with a deeply moving personal story on one of the big challenges of our time—pollution and the environment—by (I am proud add) a one-time student of mine, Jyoti Pande Lavakare.
Amitav Ghosh
Author
A compelling first person account of the campaign to bring India’s air pollution crisis to the forefront of the country’s policy priorities. Packed with information, this well-written book also bears witness to the appalling personal losses caused by the subcontinent’s poisoned air.
About
Jyoti Pande Lavakare is a journalist, author and clean air evangelist who has lived and worked in Britain, the United States and India.
As a financial journalist, Jyoti wrote for and worked with publications such as Dow Jones Newswires, The Asian Wall St Journal, The Financial Times, The Independent, the New York Times' India Ink blog, The Economic Times, Business Standard and Mint. As a trained classical vocalist she sang for national radio as well as scripted and produced youth programmes for national radio in the 90s. Her children's fiction has appeared in Hachette anthologies. She has a Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and wrote extensively on India's entrepreneurial eco-system when she moved back to India after living in Palo Alto, CA.​ Other areas of interest include education, healthcare, sustainable growth, climate change.
