THE DEBATE ON GAIL OMVEDT'S OPEN LETTER

In June, 1999 during the monsoon satyagraha of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, activist Gail Omvedt wrote an open letter addressed to Arundhati Roy in which she opposed Ms Roy's stand against the Sardar Sarovar Project in her essay, Greater Common Good. Expectedly, this letter elicited many responses.

GAIL OMVEDT'S OPEN LETTER TO ARUNDHATI ROY

Responses to Gail Omvedt's open letter :

• ASHISH KOTHARI, Kalpavriksh
• HIMANSHU THAKKAR, South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People
• JITENDRA SHAH
• NALINI NAYAK, National Fishworker's Forum

Debate in the news media

Dams and Bombs: Part I, Part II
Gail Omvedt, Opinion; The Hindu; August 4th, 5th

Responses to Gail Omvedt's 'Dams and Bombs'

L C Jain: Letters to the Editor; The Hindu; August 10
Ashish Kothari: Dams, Bombs, and Development; Opinion; The Hindu; August 17
Brendan LaRocque: Letters to the Editor; The Hindu; August 21
Jasveen Jairath: A bitter pill, but for whose health ?; The Hindu; Sept 13