> 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

@WorldNewsTop@mastodon.social DemocracyNow! mentioned #RanaAyyub too. #ArundhatiRoy wrote movingly about the #Gujarat #pogrom or #massacre overseen by #NarendraModi too. #Arundhati mentioned that #Modi celebrated his birthday at the #NarmadaValley #dams that destroy the livelihoods of millions of people.. #PaulFarmer and his view of dams and health hasn't been able to stop the big money yet.. SAD!
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/30/headlines/outspoken_journalist_rana_ayyub_blocked_from_leaving_india