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Critiquing the one of the most “successful” operations in India seems to be the motto of Shanti

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Critiquing the one of the most “successful” operations in India seems to be the motto of Shanti George in this ground-breaking book of its time, Operation Flood. Ms. George surely has not taken the easier way out while putting this book together. It takes a marvellous amount of courage to assess an operation so humongous which often got positive reactions from most of the world and the mainstream development discourse during the time of its publication. She has in this publication, busted myths with plausible explanations that even the best of the promoters of the White Revolution cannot deny and this is what makes the book charming. In this 1985 book Shanti George leaves no stone unturned to describe the Milk Revolution of India that was …show more content…

She has added to this discourse of development by not agreeing with the Operation Flood model. This is the reason I feel that the author has made the dairy development discourse holistic. She has shown the shortcomings of this model and clear reasons why this model had brought more destruction that positives. This book should be used by future dairy experts to help chart out he future models of development in this area. She connects much of the writing with NC Wrights papers and has agreed with several of his suggestions to improve the dairy industry in India. She has dedicated one entire chapter towards justifying this position of hers. NC Wrights recommendations were based in the colonial era of India and this can be one reason why the newly independent state on India refused to take up the recommendations. She has stated that Wrights observations are exist till date. She agrees with NC Wright’s policies and recommendations on the process and the processing procedure of Dairy expansion in India, the stakeholders of dairy co-operators and on policies of other similar industries or allied industries. Wright’s idea to cater to the local markets effectively is something the author agrees with. Just like Wright might have felt about Amul the author expresses that the standardisation of the Operation might spill failure like it did. The author has brought about the traditional gendered aspects of the division of labour which has changed

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