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‘Saint’ Medha

By geophilips ⋅ May 11, 2006 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

With all the recent fuss about the Narmada dam and the 'sacrificial' antics of Medha Patkar and her celeb cohorts, the NBA is squarely in the public eye…and quite the darling of it too. It is anti-government, pro-poor and gives every armchair activist and TV channel a cause celebre.

Now that a bit of the dust from all the hype settles down, it may be time for some perspective view of Medha's and the NBA's real achievements- or lack of it. A good article in Outlook, very critical, nuanced and somehow impartial inspite of it. Check it out here.