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dam-l This Sunday - Narmada meeting in the Boston area
Please forward this for people in the Boston area
who might be interested in attending this meeting.
Thanks so much.
Regards,
-jagan.
IPSG-Boston.
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Narmada : A valley in turmoil
Whose land is it anyway?
May 9th, 2:00-5:00 pm.
MIT Campus, Room 1-390
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The meeting is co-sponsored by the following organizations -
Indian Progressive Study Group - Boston,
Association for India's Development - Boston,
Alliance for a Secular Democratic South Asia and
South Asian Women for Action
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Narmada : A valley in turmoil
Whose Land is it anyway?
The people of Narmada valley have been
clamouring for justice for decades now, as
their life source, the Narmada river, is slowly
being turned into their nemesis. The struggle
against the Sardar Sarovar Dam has come to a new
turning point - the construction is to continue
to add another 5 metres to its height.
What is it that the people oppose - is it the
fact that another 30 villages will be submerged,
a few more thousand people robbed of their sustenance?
Or, is it that the development is for someone else
and the cost is borne by some others? Or, perhaps
it is more fundamental, a question of the right
of the villagers to decide their own fate and
that of their land.
The meeting will include introductory material as well
as the most recent update on the situation in the valley.
We will show a documentary titled "I will report honestly"
presented by Aravinda Pillalamarri. She works in India
as an AID fellow and is closely involved with the struggle in the
valley.
More information on the documentary -
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I WILL REPORT HONESTLY: Edited from 7 hours of footage taken over 3
days of meeting and discussion betweenthe people about to be
submerged from nandurbar District, Maharashtra and the Collector of
that District, this 12 minute document takes you directly into the
scene and brings you face to face with the people peacefully and
civilly demanding responsible government. Deputy collector admits on
camera that no land is available to handle the displacement due to
occur in the coming monsoon. Don't miss the chance to see and hear
the people and places behind the news reports and other info in black
and white that you have been hearing about Narmada and India.
Video will be presented by Aravinda Pillalamarri, who attended the
meeting and helped to shoot& edit the video. Aravinda works full
time for village development in India through an AID fellowship.
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