Arun Agrawal focuses on the intricate relationships between people and the environment. His work examines how political and economic forces shape communities and their access to natural resources. Agrawal delves into the interplay between social structures and ecological sustainability, particularly in contexts of migration and adaptation. His analyses illuminate how people navigate environmental changes and strive to secure futures for their communities.
An investigation of environmental politics in light of Foucault's work, drawing on and extending work done in feminist environmentalism, political ecology, and common property scholarship, explains why villagers in the Kumaon Himalaya have begun to conserve forests.
The book 'Why I Am In This World' is a practical presentation of Isha Upanishad to bring home the purpose of life. All verses (18) have been firstly presented in the factual form. Then comments are offered so that difficult verses of the Upanishad can be understood by the busy reader of the day. Anecdotes, illustrations and dialogues have been given here and there so that the abstract knowledge contained in the Isha Upanishad about God, life and the World is clarified so as to reach to every person. However, all these illustrations have been taken from other Upanishads so as not to derail the spiritual subject from the highest level of the Indian seers. It is hoped that the book will help the people to make their life better and this World a better place to live.