The Greater Common good : Arundhathi Roy.

Its little late to write the review on that essay. But now only, I am reading . It's about Sardar Sarovar Project on Narmada Valley .

Let us not take the stand that whether we support the project or not. She is also not asking for that. She simply highlights the environmental and human cost being paid by the project. She has taken the "least studied aspect" in the "most studied project" in India as the subject issue for her thesis.

Look at the issue , Human and Environmental cost of a Dam ! Never be the part of Proejct feasibilty study and always be out of the scope of the project design. But still she could present enormous amount of data on the subject A lot of Data from a lot of sources !! She never fails to mention the source of the information. Mindblowing !!!

By taking this subject, she could not be emotional. Because it will be simply rejected as sympathetic writting. She could not be too straight on the issue, because it will look like a study report by a consultant. She could not leave much away from the facts. Because its a real story. She has balanced everything very well. It's emotional ! It's informative !! When I finished reading it, I could feel the impact on the issue.

Then, coming to the explanation of the subject issues like Irrigation system, canal design, power production and environmental sciences, even the expers could not have simplified so easy for the common men understanding. But Ms. Roy has kept it simple but lucid.

A must read . If you read it, if any dam is coming to your area, you will definitely fight against that.