Opinion: The Rising From: Women's Feature Service | Date: June 20, 2006| Author: | Copyright Women's Feature Service Jun 20, 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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New Delhi, April, (Women's Feature Service) - When Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar broke her 21-day hunger strike, a journalist asked her whether "pressure tactics" like indefinite fasts should be used to influence decisions. She replied that her hunger strike came at the end of a long struggle in which all democratic channels had been exhausted, adding, "It was a moral appeal. Just as Gandhi showed this path to gain freedom, in today's context it is a struggle for people's lives and livelihoods and their right to development benefits without getting ...

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