The.Ink

The.Ink

Share this post

The.Ink
The.Ink
The ends of consumption
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

The ends of consumption

An essay about Mumbai's garbage pickers, from Saumya Roy, author of the new book "Castaway Mountain"

Sep 14, 2021
∙ Paid
35

Share this post

The.Ink
The.Ink
The ends of consumption
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
6
Share

“I came to see the mountains as an outpouring of our modern lives -- of the endless chase for our desires to fill us,” the journalist Saumya Roy writes in her much-praised new book reporting on garbage sorters in Mumbai. In a moment of environmental reckoning and re-examination of the economic models underpinning our lives, “Castaway Mountain” arrives a…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The.Ink to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Anand Giridharadas
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More