Fwd: Narmada activists speaks out in Oxford

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>>INDIAN ACTIVIST TO SPEAK OUT IN OXFORD AGAINST NARMADA DAMS
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>>Tuesday 21st November, 8pm, Wadham
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>>Dr. Ravi Kuchimanchi, a Civil Engineer and Physicist turned activist from
>>India will talk about his experiences as an activist with the strongest
>>grassroots social movement in India today, the Save the Narmada Movement
>>(Narmada Bachao Andolan), a struggle of millions of largely tribal people to
>>protect their lives against the destruction being caused by the dams being
>>built on the Narmada River. The struggle has seen a lot of coverage in the
>>international media recently, after the recent verdict by the Supreme Court
>>which lifted a six year stay on construction of one of the largest of the
>>dams, Sardar Sarovar. This week the World Bank has also come in for heavy
>>criticism after announcing renewed interest in financing the dam. It
>>originally pulled out a decade ago after an independent review which it
>>itself commissioned wrote one of the most critical reports ever written
>>about the project - that was the first time the World Bank had ever been
>>forced to pull out of one of its projects
>>
>>The Save the Narmada Movement claims that Sardar Sarovar alone, which has
>>been called 'the greatest planned environmental disaster in history', will
>>displace half a million (mainly tribal) people who have no where to go once
>>their homes and land are submerged. In his work with the struggle, Ravi has
>>been involved in community based renewable energy generation schemes,
>>finding errors in government surveys and analyzing the Supreme Court
>>judgement. He has also been present at the 'satyagraha's held by the
>>villagers when they refuse to move from their homes when the monsoon rains
>>come, choosing to stay and face the rising waters rather than be forcibly
>>displaced into poverty.
>>
>>This will be followed by a screening of...
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>>NARMADA VALLEY RISES
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>>'A true life video about a bunch of corrupt politicians, a huge dam, and
>>millions of tribal people fighting for their lives, with the strongest
>>social movement ever to emerge from India since Gandhi's struggle for
>>Independence.'
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>>Time: 8pm, Tuesday 7th week (21st)
>>Place: Wadham College
>>
>>More Info: Oxford Dambusters, email nobigdam at email.com
>>http://www.narmada.org/
>>
>>Please forward this email to others who might be interested
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