In a town of loggers, hippies, and students, Denise’s father was a doctor.
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Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
During the 1970s, rural villagers in India, particularly women, responded to the invasion of loggers by embracing trees under threat, in what became known as the Chipko movement.
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