Medha Patkar is a Mumbai-based social activist. She founded the Narmada Bachao Andolan, a campaign seeking justice for the rights of people displaced by dams across the river Narmada, and is the National Convener for India’s National Alliance of People’s Movements.
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpagePure hypocrisy: India’s fear of foreign funding for NGOsThe Indian state aggressively promotes foreign investment in all sectors but civil society. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate on Funding for Human Rights.