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Medha Patkar, social activist and advocate for peoples vulnerable to massive dam projects in India, asks why India should follow a Western paradigm of development. She asks why disrupting traditions of land use in exchange for non-renewable resources that are unsuitable for India's population is acceptable—when alternative technologies that support local communities are available. Most importantly, says Medha, India must tap into the most remarkable form of power: the human power of democratic, cooperative action.
Medha Patkar is a social activist who has led the
struggle for the people affected by the controversial Sardar Sarovar
Project on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. She founded the Narmada
Bachoao Andolan and National Alliance of People's Movements and is
the recipient of numerous awards, including the Goldman Environmental Prize,
Amnesty International's Human Rights Defender's Award and the BBC's
Green Ribbon Award.
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