> In India over the last ten years the fight against the #SardarSarovar #Dam.. [is] far more than the fight for one river. . its strength as well as its weakness.. a debate that captured the popular imagination..raised the stakes and changed the complexion of the battle.. the very nature of our #democracy. Who owns this land? Who owns its rivers? Its forests? Its fish? These are huge questions..
https://ecologise.in/2016/08/25/flashback-arundhati-roys-landmark-essay-on-the-narmada-resistance/
#ArundhatiRoy
#Narmada #NarmadaValley #dams

> ... on some level, all bureaucracies work on this principle: once you introduce formal measures of success, “reality”—for the organization—becomes that which exists on paper, and the human reality that lies behind it is a secondary consideration at best.
--- #DavidGraeber sounding like #NeilPostman on how bureaucracies are designed to disregard information. That's how big #dams can be built.
https://signalsinthefog.wordpress.com/2000/11/11/peoples-knowledge-in-the-paperless-society/
#Aravinda #India #Narmada #richguy #bureaucrat

RT @sidagarwal@twitter.com
Will we continue to have no records of all people's histories? It is a travesty that we're still largely struggling at everyone having space. Important response/writing by @ShripadManthan@twitter.com and @OzaNandini@twitter.com. #Narmada #EnvironmentalRefugees https://twitter.com/ShripadManthan/status/1193793100793159682