Swades Song Final Captions

This country of yours….

Of rivers, of adivasis

….Call

…calls you!

BILGAON VILLAGE SCHOOL

THIS BOND WITH NATURE CAN’T BREAK

….no matter what forces you out

into new places….

to streets of cities

to be evicted again from cities like Mumbai….

your hopes submerged

Domkhedi village, Narmada Valley

Narmada Dam, displacement, human rights violation – Bound by “development”

Justice Denied

om d e e r F ired u q c A

Undaunted…

in front Mantralaya, Mumbai

You Come Home Struggling

At the calling of your country

THIS BOND

THIS BOND

THIS BOND OF PEOPLE CAN’T BREAK

Moments of truth – Narmada Satyagraha

You’re Led

You

Two paths to development come your way

lead Which to take?

Bijli Bike - Pedal Power Generator

Bilgaon Micro-Hydro Project

“Directions of this wereby notSardar Sarovar dam. 50,000 families are court displaced …Their Shramdaan installs the 15 KW 90,000 houses demolished in implemented in letter and spirit” – Supreme Contact: [email protected] 70% Bilgaon without Micro-Hydro rehabilitation Project and lights slums of Mumbai. Nowhere to go. Court of India, March 15, 2005 admitting the People hold governance accountable their village. governments’ failure to rehabilitate before and find alternatives to centralized raising the SSP dam’s height. projects and processes….

Andthe it ispeople’s they who define who we are… Join struggle: Association for India’s Development Narmada Bachao Andolan  Commitment Sangharsh  Seva  Change Nirman www.aidindia.org www.narmada.org [email protected] Courage Get involved! 1-888-TALK-2-AID