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            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded
              message ---------<br>
              From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">milind
                wani</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a
                  href="mailto:milindwani@yahoo.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">milindwani@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
              Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 at 14:13<br>
              Subject: New Book: Ecosophies of Freedom: Suturing Social,
              Ecological & Spiritual Rift<br>
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style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#1d2228"> </span><span
style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">It
                                gives us immense
                                pleasure to announce that the book </span><b
style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Ecosophies
                                of Freedom: Suturing Social, Ecological
                                & Spiritual Rift</b><span
style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">,
                                co-edited by Milind Wani and Sucharita
                                Dutta-Asane is out in print. </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The
                                book consists of
                                16 thought provoking essays written by
                                eminent thinkers & writers on some
                                of
                                the pressing issues and challenges of
                                our times (see below for description). </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">The
                                book is available
                                on Kalpavriksh and amazon websites (see
                                below). </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,34,40)"> </span><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">We
                                are offering a
                                pre-launch </span><b
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><i>discount</i></b><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">
                                of </span><b
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">15%</b><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">
                                on
                                the book, valid up to </span><b
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">21<sup>st</sup>
                                May 2023</b><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#1d2228"> </span><span
                                style="font-size:12pt">We do hope
                                you will consider ordering a copy and
                                also share this information on your
                                list-serves and with your circle of
                                friends and professional colleagues
                                (Please
                                see the attached flyer for circulation).</span></p>
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                                style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Warmly,</span></p>
                            <p><span
                                style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">Milind
                                &
                                Sucharita</span></p>
                            <p><b><span
                                  style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">About
                                  the Book:</span></b></p>
                            <p
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111">Human
                                suffering as a
                                result of systemic exploitation, social
                                oppression, corruption, patriarchy,
                                war, endemic poverty, intolerance,
                                religious extremism, democracy deficit,
                                climate crises, etc., is there for
                                everyone to see. The crisis is not only
                                social and political but also
                                ecological, moral and spiritual: a great
                                tear is
                                slowly rending apart the delicate fabric
                                that holds the social and natural
                                order together. There is an urgent call
                                to suture this rift before it is too
                                late, before a total civilizational and
                                ecological collapse. </span></p>
                            <p
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111"> </span></p>
                            <p
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#0f1111">How
                                can we think our
                                way out of this imbroglio? Can the
                                ancient sages and spiritual traditions
                                show
                                a path to happiness and wellbeing? What
                                utopian vision is required to help us
                                re-imagine new responses to old problems
                                of humanity, to usher an era of peace,
                                justice and freedom? How can the wisdom
                                of ages and modern political thought
                                engage constructively to face the
                                challenges of the present and of the
                                future?
                                What role can imagination play in
                                envisioning an ecological and spiritual
                                civilization? </span></p>
                            <p
style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span
style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Philosophers,
                                thinkers, teachers, activists,
                                researchers, dreamers, and poets explore
                                some of
                                these themes in this book…</span></p>
                            <p><span
style="color:rgb(29,34,40);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">This
                                book (co-published
                                by Kalpavriksh and Earthcare Books) can
                                be purchased online and is currently
                                available
                                on Kalpavriksh and amazon websites.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#1d2228">To
                                  order on Kalpavriksh: </span></b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#1d2228"><a
href="https://kalpavriksh.org/our-store/ecosophies-of-freedom/"
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