Arundhati Roy has without a shadow of a doubt been one of the most inspirational voices in my life. Samarendra is one of the most amazing organisers I have ever had the honour to meet with the commitment and tenacity to scare the absolute shit out of any planet-fucking company out there - Arundhati Roy discusses his work here
BURNING GROUND
Mining, Adivasis and India’s Civil War
A public forum with
Arundhati Roy
– whose new book Broken Republic examines the nature of progress
and development in an emerging global superpower –
in discussion with Felix Padel & Samarendra Das
– authors of Out of This Earth (2010), which reveals the hidden fi nance
and arms trade behind the aluminium industry connecting London to war-torn central India.
Moderator: Vinita Damodaran – Senior Lecturer in South Asian History
The Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG
Sunday 5th June, 3 – 5 pm
This forum is in conjunction with
‘A Disappearing World: Ancient Traditions Under Threat in Tribal India’
an exhibition open until 25 June, 2011, at the Brunei Gallery
photographs by Robert Wallis and artwork by members of the
Tribal Women’s Artist Collecive from Jharkhand, North Central India.
www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/disappearingworld
Exhibition open from 1-7 pm on Sunday 5th June
Free admission, but seating for the talk is limited.
To guarantee a place please
RSVP by email: gallery@soas.ac.uk
