Saris on Scooters: How Microcredit Is Changing Village India

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos, co-recipient of the 1979 Governor Generals Award for non-fiction, visited India between 2001 and 2008. The result is this well-documented, eminently readable and uplifting book.– “Herizons”

Thankfully, Saris on Scooters is about microcredit sans the big time. Call it the theory of general relativity. The level of analysis should fit the story, plain and simple. An investigation of microcredit needs to be made on a micro-level.

— “The Record”

Inspiring as such stories are, they are abundant in any number of publications and on the internet. What fleshes them out into a lively full-length book are other factors, including striking accounts of Hindu and Muslim women working to avoid conflict in the face of an active attempt to stoke it by polarized communal groups, politicians and the police, and of a stay in a model organic farm in the foothills of the Himalayas to take a two-week course on Gandhi, Cultures of Non-violence and Globalization.

— “Literary Review of Canada, The”

The women described within these pages demonstrate an extraordinary courage and determination to not only survive, but to thrive.– “Environmentalbookreview.ca”

Its a well written, inspiring read, perfect for any sustainable traveler interested in the compelling stories of other peoples lives.

–Gap Adventures

These women are living examples of sustainable solutions to poverty. For decades the world has donated billons to fund megaprojects, while also inadvertently supporting corruption and oppressive regimes. This book will make us question how we help people in other societies.

–Hudson-St. Lazare Gazette