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dam-l Author Arundhati Roy to Speak in Bay Area on Narmada Struggle, Oct. 28-29
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"For over half a century we've believed that Big Dams
would deliver the people of India from hunger and poverty.
The opposite has happened." - author Arundhati Roy
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International Rivers Network invites you to hear Arundhati Roy, Booker
Prize winner and author of "The God of Small Things," speak on the
struggle to protect India's Narmada River.
DAMS AND THE COST OF LIVING, A LECTURE BY ARUNDHATI ROY
Thursday Oct. 28, 7:30 pm
University of San Francisco
Gershwin Theater
Friday Oct. 29, 7:30 pm
UC Berkeley
Wheeler Auditorium
*see below for information on how to purchase tickets
Arundhati Roy will discuss her new book "The Cost of Living," which
includes the essay "The Greater Common Good," a vigorous attack on the
rationale and reality of the dams being built in the Narmada Valley. Roy
will also be speaking at locations in Boston and New York during the first
week of November.
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HOW TO GET TICKETS
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The Gershwin Theater appearance on October 28 is free, seating is on a
first come basis. Sponsored by the Louise Davies Lecture Series.
The Wheeler Auditorium event on October 29 is $15, or $10 with student ID.
Tickets for Wheeler available through CalPerformances 510-642-9988, or one
hour before the event (subject to availability).
Ms. Roy's Berkeley appearances are co-sponsored by: UC Berkeley's Graduate
School of Journalism, South and Southeast Asian Studies Department, Center
for South Asia Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies; and The Wallace
Stegner Environmental Center at the San Francisco Main Public Library.
For information on the Arundhati Roy events in the Bay Area, please contact
Annie Ducmanis of IRN at (510) 848-1155, annie@irn.org, or visit our
website at www.irn.org.
For information about IRN's reception for Ms. Roy at UC Berkeley's Graduate
School of Journalism prior to her talk at Wheeler Hall, please contact Mary
Houghteling at 510.848.1155 or at mhoughteling@irn.org.
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ARUNDHATI ROY EVENTS IN NEW YORK and BOSTON
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Monday, November 1, 7 pm
Booksigning at Barnes and Noble
Union Square
New York City
Tuesday, November 2, 6:30-8:30 pm
South Asia Journalists Association
New School
New York City
Wednesday, November 3, 4-9 pm
Forum with Cultural Survival
Harvard University
Cambridge
*For info on the South Asia Journalists Assocation event in New York,
please contact 212-854-5979, saja@columbia.edu or www.saja.org.
*For more information on the Cultural Survival events, please contact
617-441-5400, csinc@cs.org or www.cs.org.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION
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For information on the Narmada struggle, please go to www.narmada.org
To read Arundhati Roy's essay "The Greater Common Good," go to
http://www.narmada.org/gcg/gcg.html.
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Arundhati Roy's appearances are hosted by International Rivers Network
(IRN), a Berkeley-based non-profit organization which supports local
communities working to protect their rivers and watersheds. IRN works to
halt destructive river development projects, and to encourage equitable and
sustainable methods of meeting needs for water, energy and flood
management.
Annie Ducmanis
International Rivers Network
ph: 510-848-1155
fax: 510-848-1008
e-mail: annie@irn.org
web: www.irn.org