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….on something and refuses to back down. In a country where backtracking seems to be the norm in public life, it is refreshing to see the occassional exhibition of a spinal cord. I hope that [tag]Aamir Khan[\/tag] refusing to apologise<\/a><\/strong> to the BJP for his comments on the [tag]Narmada resettlement[\/tag] issue kickstarts a sort of civic activism.<\/p>\n

"If I speak for the rights of a poor farmer displaced by the Sardar Sarovar dam project, what wrong do I do? If a political party faults me in this, I won’t apologise. Instead, I think it shows the apathy they harbour for such concerns"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So true. The political class find it so easy to run roughshod over those who don’t buy their agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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