>In the last year, the Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy has emerged
>as one of the world's most powerful proponents of social equality,
>environmental sanity and economic justice.
>
>This Friday, she'll make a rare appearance in New York City at the
>venerable Great Hall of Cooper Union to present the BBC documentary
>"Dam/age," which focuses on grassroots resistance to the monumental dams
>that have displaced tens of thousands of people in the Narmada Valley of
>India. After the screening, Roy will discuss the film and the movement
>that inspired it.
>
>Friday, September 13, 7:00pm, New York City
>Cooper Union, The Great Hall
>7 East 7th Street (at 3rd Ave)
>$5 admission at the door, free with Cooper Union ID.
>No advance tickets.
>For information, email southend at southendpress.org or call (617) 547-4002.
>
>For a sample of the power of Roy's writing, read her special Nation web
>piece published last June:
>
>ARUNDHATI ROY: War Talk: Summer Games with Nuclear Bombs
>http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=roy20020604
>
>And check out "Power Politics," Roy's latest collection of essays recently
>published by SouthEnd Press:
>http://www.southendpress.org/books/powerpolitics.shtml
>
>You can also find much more info about Roy, her work and her activism at
>the Arundhati Roy Website at:
>http://website.lineone.net/~jon.simmons/roy/
>
>Finally, watch this space for information on an upcoming Nation story by
>Roy on Gujarat, a major state in India, which has been a petri dish in
>which Hindu fascism has been fomenting an elaborate political experiment.
>Coming soon.
Hindu fascism?
Peter