Author profile: Lois Kapila

Lois Kapila is a freelance journalist based in Dublin, Ireland. From 2011 to 2013, she was a reporter for The Statesman newspaper in Kolkata in eastern India. More recently, she has written for The Irish Times, The Sunday Times and We Are Dublin magazine. She is the co-editor of Lat Does Not Exist: Oral Histories of Development-Induced Displacement in India, published by Earthcare Books in 2014.

“Lat Does Not Exist”: The Last Testament of a Dead Village

Lois Kapila • Dec 6 2014 • Articles

In India debates rage over how to handle the dilemma of development-induced displacement. Each year 15m people find themselves placed in the way of desired dams or mines.

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