• A Brief Introduction to the Narmada Issue Be sure and explore the sub-links including
  1. Large dams on the Narmada river
  2. The Sardar Sarovar Dam : a Brief Introduction
  3. Take a look at some of the images.
  4. The links lead to many other useful sources of information.

• Who are Dalits? A discussion of India's caste system.

• Drought in the Klamath River Basin. A document that compares problems here in Oregon in the Klamatch River basin, with those in Narnada Sagar.

• Scimitars in the Sun, an interview with author Arundhati Roy about his book that analyzes the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river.

• A dicussion about Social justice from the wikipedia.

• A debate between Medhar Patkar and S.K. Mohapatra on the consequences of the Narmada dam. From woide-angle on PBS. A related photo essay.

• The Adivasi struggle. Adivasi poeple in Kerala struggle to obtain their "fair share" of India's resources. From Volume 18 - Issue 21, Oct. 13 - 26, 2001 of Frontline, India's National Magazine.

• The Dammed. The script of the show Tonight on Wide Angle: India. After fifty years of planning, India’s largest dam is about to come on line...

• The Greater Common Good. Discussing costs and benefits of the Narmada Sagar project. A story from Frontline, India's National Magazine. Volume 16 - Issue 11, May. 22 - June 04, 1999

• Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project Final Report: November 2000 Prepared for the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The effects of a large dam close to home.

• World Commission on Dams. Two reportsprepared for the commission. PART I: THE WCD GLOBAL REVIEW OF LARGE DAMS And, a report vindicating unjustifiability of large dams.

• Tribal Circumstances and Impacts of the Lower Snake River Project on the Nez Perce, Yakama, Umatilla, Warm Springs and Shoshone Bannock Tribes. A report discussing the effects of dams on tribal societies close to home here in Oregon.

• Rights Of Indigenous Peoples. From Circle of Rights, a training manual. Discusses the Narmada Sagar project amongst others.

• A stakeholder analysis for the Narmada Sagar project.

• Executive Summary. "The global debate about large dams is at once overwhelmingly complex and fundamentally simple." This executive summary explores all sides of the debate.

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