Drowned Out
Three choices. Move to the slums in the city, accept a place at a resettlement site or stay at home and drown. The people of Jalsindhi in central India must make a decision fast.
Some 16 million people have been displaced by the construction of the Narmada Dam. Follow the Jalsindhi villagers through hunger strikes, rallies, police brutality and a six year court case. All the while, the river level is rising, bringing an end to their traditions and way of life.
Bestselling author Arundhati Roy joins the fight against the dam and asks the difficult questions. Will the water go to poor farmers or to rich industrialists? What happened to the 16 million people displaced by fifty years of dam building? Why should I care?
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