The demo of All Will Rise begins with a win for lawyer Kuyili. She has simply efficiently argued in entrance of a courtroom {that a} river operating by way of the fictional model of the Indian metropolis of Muziris ought to have the identical rights as an individual. Based on Kuyili, this has precedent – in spite of everything, corporations can argue in courtroom equally to particular person folks.
The thrill over this historic win doesn’t final lengthy as, quickly after, the river is polluted by a big oil spill, which catches fireplace, the poisonous smoke enveloping a number of neighbourhoods. Air pollution on this scale has devastating results, so Kuyili and her colleagues start investigating.
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