Infinite Reservoir of Agency [New REDWeb article]

[Pooja Kishinani]

Dear All, 

Our latest article on REDWeb may be of interest: 

Infinite Reservoir of Agency by Abhayraj Naik 

Amidst the lush rice fields of Andhra Pradesh, Abhayraj Naik reflects in an experiential essay on the interconnectedness between humans and the land, slipping through the cracks of urbanization, climate change, and agrarian crises. Naik observes a resilient “knowing” among farming communities: a deep, spiritual bond with the earth, expressed in their rituals, festivals, and resistance against ecological destruction. His visit to his ancestral home near Udupi rekindles this connection, revealing both the beauty of interspecies kinship and the shadows of historical injustices. The re-discovery of this rootedness unlocks an “infinite reservoir of agency” with the potential to reclaim environmental justice and rebuild a regenerative world.

Read the full article here: https://radicalecologicaldemocracy.org/infinite-reservoir-of-agency/ 

Note: This article was originally published and commissioned by TBA21–Academy OCEAN / UNI. 

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Warmly, 

pooja 

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Pooja Kishinani 

curator, Radical Ecological Democracy