Review: Islands in Flux; The Andaman and Nicobar Story

First published in 2017 and updated this year in the context of the Indian government’s push to build a shipping terminal, airport, and power plant in the ecologically sensitive region, Pankaj Sekhsaria’s Islands in Flux: The Andaman and Nicobar Story, comprising essays, academic papers, obituaries, court orders and a historical timeline, highlights misguided government policies and their deleterious impact on the archipelago’s indigenous communities, forests, and wildlife