Lucy and the Train

Book excerpt: Lucy and the Train is a journey of the self that leads to sustainability. Narrating the conflict within self, surroundings, and imagination, it captures the symbolism expressed by René Descartes through his words “I think therefore I am”. The story takes the reader on a surreal journey of sustainability by weaving a complex yet beautiful tapestry of human mind, relationships, and environment. Lucy boards a train after drinking a magic potion. But she is destined for the journey even before her birth. Every compartment poses a new challenge and an impending threat to the survival of life on Earth. Life is possible, only if she successfully reaches the first compartment and overcomes her nemesis. In this journey, Lucy has to surpass innumerable obstacles and when she finally meets...it is for her to decide the future of humanity! About the Author: Anandajit Goswami is a Fellow with the Green Growth and Resource Efficiency Division of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Associate Faculty with Department of Policy Studies, TERI University and has been working with TERI since 2004. As TERI Africa Coordinator, he was based at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa where he coordinated South-South Cooperation initiatives. He has led projects supported by ADB and UK-Aid on macroeconomic and welfare implications of tax, subsidies on petroleum products and has been working on the interphases of macroeconomic systems and risk modelling and its association with policy analysis and sustainability. He has been associated with various South-South cooperation knowledge exchange programmes, supported by UNECA, UNIDO, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Ministry of Water and Energy, Government of Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Regional Environment Centre and Network, Addis Ababa University. He completed his Master’s degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and is pursuing PhD at TERI University. He has co-authored a book titled “Sustainability Science for Social, Economic and Environmental Development” and has co-edited a title – “Economic Modelling, Analysis and Policy for Sustainability”