Cover illustration for Dilution by Design: Status of Land Acquisition Legislation in India,
for the Centre for Science and Environment.
'Land is the most prized of human possessions, providing us food, resources and a "solid footing"-quite literally-as well as a sense of identity and belonging. In modern democracies, it is also the battleground between people's right over it on the one hand and the notion of the "greatest good of the greatest number" on the other hand.
The doctrine of eminent domain has been employed by governments to acquire private land for public purposes all over the world as well as in India.'
