• Dr.P.Selvi
• Dr.Anandhi.M

Abstract Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People (2007) revisits the horrors of a toxic disaster modeled on the Bhopal gas tragedy, yet its narrative extends beyond the familiar terrain of post-disaster human suffering. The novel uniquely entwines ecological devastation with bodily trauma, environmental memory, corporate violence, and community resilience. This article reads Animal’s People through Cheryll Glotfelty’s ecocritical framework, placing the text within the broader discourse of environmental humanities that interrogate the relationship between nature and culture, ethics and exploitation, and the human and nonhuman. Using Glotfelty’s foundational idea that literature must be studied in relation to the physical environment, this article examines how Animal’s People exposes the interconnectedness of ecological catastrophe and human vulnerability. The study argues that Sinha’s narrative critiques anthropocentric frameworks, foregrounds toxic landscapes, and reveals the socio-environmental inequalities that determine who is most affected by ecological collapse. By shifting the focus from catastrophe to ecology, the article highlights the novel’s call for environmental justice and its reimagining of post-disaster agency.

Keywords: Indra Sinha; Animal’s People; Ecocriticism; Cheryll Glotfelty; Toxic ecology; Environmental justice; Post-disaster fiction.

"From Catastrophe to Ecology: Reading Indra Sinha's Animal's People Through Cheryll Glotfelty's Ecocritical Lens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 11, page no.e393-e397, November-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2511449.pdf

"From Catastrophe to Ecology: Reading Indra Sinha's Animal's People Through Cheryll Glotfelty's Ecocritical Lens", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 11, page no. ppe393-e397, November-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2511449.pdf