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What about the tigers? And the refugees?

What about the tigers? And the refugees?

Anne Dalke's picture

Ghosh's novel ends with an optimistic tribute to Piya's idealism, by focusing attention on the study of dolphins she will conduct--and thereby really blinks on the larger question the book has raised, the complicated issue of balancing the need for a safe habitat for the tigers, with the need for a safe habitat for humans, especially those who have been displaced, who have no other home. What are you doing with this conundrum?

Clarifying

 

Supporting

 

Complexifying

Weaving

 

Challenging

 

Unspecified

Wonder if this would work for the tigers? And for the refugees?
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