A paper for a presentation to be made in Panel One, ‘The Long March of 50 Year People’s Movement : The Works of Muto Ichiyo’, on Day One of the 2005 IACS Conference ‘Emerging Inter-Asian? Subjectivities in Cultural Movements’, sponsored by Inter-Asian? Cultural Studies and hosted by the Korean National University of the Arts at the Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea, July 22-24 2005.

Medha Patkar, 100 others detained / Medha Patkar alleges conspiracy to crush NBA / The struggles of the poor against unjust displacement will only increase / Crucial national strategy meeting on displacement and development

NARMADA Baroda * Medha Patkar, 100 others detained (The Hindu, June 20) * Medha Patkar and Others Arrested While Seeking Appointment with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi (NBA Baroda, June 19) * Medha Patkar alleges conspiracy to crush NBA (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, June 19) * The struggles of the poor against unjust displacement will only increase: Justice Sachar / Prominent People in Delhi Suspicious about Working of Shunglu Committee (Delhi Solidarity Group of Narmada Bachao Andolan, June 18) * Lash at ‘damning’ Narmada report - MP CM swoops on Soz’s review team (The Telegraph, June 18) All-India? developments * Invitation for crucial national strategy meeting on displacement and development - 7th-8th July, Bhopal (NAPM - National Alliance of People’s Movements, June 18) * Meeting of National Urban Development Struggle and Action Committee on July 7-8 (National Urban Development Struggle and Action Committee, June 18)

NBA Convention on ‘Myths, Lies and the Narmada Betrayal’ / The Oversight Group’s survey of SSP may prove a mere ploy’ / Attack on Office of Mahesh Bhatt Condemned / Hunger Fast Starts in US

* NBA Convention on ‘Myths, Lies and the Narmada Betrayal’ on Sunday 18th June 2006 (NBA Baroda, June 14) * Press Note : ‘The Oversight Group’s survey of SSP may prove a mere ploy to legitimise official claims’ (NBA Baroda, June 15/16) * Attack On Office Of Mahesh Bhatt Condemned (Jamiat, June 15/16) * Hunger Fast Starts in US (Students for Bhopal, June 16) * The ghosts of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy continues to haunt the Dow group of companies; Dow Group jittery over mistaken identity (Tim Edwards, June 13) * Mumbai Slum Struggle Update | June 12, 2006 (Eviction Watch, June 12)

COME TO THE NARMADA VALLEY – June 13-14 / Violence continues against Fanaa in Gujarat / Key 15 June meeting in Delhi on evictions / MoEF orders stoppage of work on Maheshwar dam

NARMADA Baroda * Urgent: COME TO THE NARMADA VALLEY – June 13-14 (NBA Baroda, June 10) * Sardar Sarovar project: panel probe ends today (The Financial Express, June 10) Campaign dynamics * Suicide bid at Fanaa theatre (The Telegraph, Kolkata, June 12) * Surat nightclub ransacked for screening "Fanaa" (NewKerala.com, June 11) DELHI * Invitation: 15 June meeting in Delhi on evictions (Stop Demolitions & Hazards Centre, June 10/12) NARMADA Khargone * Ministry of Environment and Forests orders stoppage of work on Maheshwar dam (NBA Khargone, June 12) MUMBAI * Jeevan Shala, School of Life, inaugurated at dharna site in Azad Maidan, Mumbai, on 8 June (Initiative, June 9) BHOPAL * No More Bhopals Campaign in Pune (No More Bhopals Forum, Pune, June 12)

The Aamir Khan affair - Gujratis stand up / Narmada Sardar Sarovar struggles / Narmada Maheshwar struggles / Bhopalis continue to die

Narmada, Bhopal, and Campaign Issues * Bollywood love story caught in political storm (The Guardian, June 6) * Sanctity of freedom of speech (Rajindar Sachar, June 5/6) * Hundreds view India dam row film (BBC, June 7) NARMADA Baroda * One Day Fast in Support of NBA in Haryana on 15th June 2006 (NAPM and Asha Parivar Haryana, June 7) * Badwani Hosts Large Convention On Water; Village Communities Resolve To Fight To Safeguard Their Water (NBA Baroda, June 8) * Narmada Dam Should Help Tribals: B.G. Verghese (IANS, NewKerala?.com, June 8) NARMADA Maheshwar * Public protest and fast by Maheshwar dam oustees in Mumbai on May 30 (NBA Maheshwar, May 31 / June 7) BHOPAL * 6 Bhopal gas victims die, docs face flak (Indo-Asian News Service, Hindustan Times, June 6) * BGPMUS demands formation of autonomous body (NewKerala.com, June 3) * The United States won't compensate Vietnam's Agent Orange victims (Agence France Presse, June 5)

Is the Aamir Khan affair the spark ?

Narmada, Bhopal, and Campaign Issues * Boycott Aamir Khan ? (Rakesh Sharma, May 27) * Ahmedabad's video libraries boycott Aamir's films (IANS / Indo-Asian? News Service, May 30) * Gujarat ban on Aamir's Fanaa unlawful: NBA (Gargi Parsai, The Hindu, May 30) * Fanaa: Bollywood rallies around Aamir (Deccan Herald News Service, May 30) * Boycott of 'Fanaa' symptom of fanaticism / NBA respects and appreciates those who show social commitment beyond commercial interests and careers (NBA, May 28) * Rowdyism about 'Fanaa' in Gujarat Dangerous for Democracy: No Need to be Apologetic about Opposition to SSP (NAPM, May 28) NARMADA * NBA concerned about Sardar Sarovar Oversight Group's mode of operation / Letter sent to Oversight Group chaired by VK Shunglu raising concerns about undesirable processes (May 29) * Dam panel makes stand clear (Statesman, May 30) * Narmada Dam panel to submit report by mid-June (IANS, The Hindustan Times, May 29) * Update on May 26th Action / Letter to Sonia Gandhi (Shivani Chaudhry, May 29) MUMBAI * We challenge the GoM to prove its changing statistics / Will the poor be compelled to reside at Azad Maidan forever? (NAPM, May 27) All-India * NAPM Convention Expected to Launch Struggle against Usurpation of People's Resources, Rights : Prominent Activists Arrive in City (NAPM, May 29)