Medha Patkar

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|name=Medha Patkar
|other_names = Medha tai
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|12|1}}
|birth_place=[[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| education = [[Master of Arts|MA]] in [[Social Work]]
| alma_mater = [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]]
|movement=[[Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA)]]{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}
|organization =[[National Alliance of People's Movements]] (NAPM)
|awards = [[Right Livelihood Award]]
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'''Medha Patkar''' (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian social activist working on various crucial political and economic issues raised by [[tribals]], [[dalits]], farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India.<ref name="rediff2013">{{cite news|last1=Patkar|first1=Medha|title='The unprotected class of workers is the real India|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-india-independence-day-special-medha-patkar/20130918.htm|access-date=25 July 2017|publisher=Rediff|date=18 September 2013}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=January 2021}} She is an alumnus of [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences|TISS]], a premier institute of social science research in India.<ref name="TISS">{{cite web|title=TISS official website – About TISS|url=https://www.tiss.edu/|website=www.tiss.edu|publisher=TISS|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref>

Patkar is the founder member of the 32 years old people's movement called [[Narmada Bachao Andolan]] (NBA) in three states: [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]] and [[Gujarat]]. NBA has been engaged in a struggle for justice for the people affected by the dam projects related to the Sardar Sarovar dam project, especially those whose homes will be submerged but have not yet been rehabilitated. {{citation needed|date=January 2021}} She is also one of the founders of the [[National Alliance of People's Movements]] (NAPM), an alliance of hundreds of progressive people's organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napm-india.org| title=National Alliance of People's Movement Website}}</ref> In addition to the above, Patkar was a commissioner on the [[World Commission on Dams]], which did thorough research on the environmental, social, political and economic aspects and impacts of the development of large dams globally and their alternatives.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.unep.org/dams/WCD/report/WCD_DAMS%20report.pdf| work= United Nations Environment Programme|title=Final report of World Commission on dams}}</ref> She was the national co-ordinator and then convenor of National Alliance of People's Movements for many years and now continues to be an advisor to NAPM. Under the banner of NAPM, she has participated in and supported various mass struggles across India against inequity, non-sustainability, displacement, and injustice in the name of development. Her work challenges [[Casteism]], [[Communalism]], and all forms of discrimination. {{citation needed|date=January 2021}} She has been a part of numerous teams and panels that work on initiating and formulating various national policies and enactments including those related to land acquisition, unorganized sector workers, [[Hawker (trade)|hawkers]], [[Dharavi|slum-dwellers]] and forest-dweller Adivasis. NAPM filed several public interest litigations including those against Adarsh society, [[Lavasa]] Megacity, [[Hiranandani]]([[Powai]]) and as well as other builders.

Narmada Bachao Andolan and [[Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan]], founded by Medha Patkar with others are allies of NAPM.

== Early and personal life ==
Medha Patkar was born as '''Medha Khanolkar''' on 1 December 1954 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the daughter of Vasant Khanolkar, a freedom fighter, and labour union leader,<ref name="Sagar">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-19/india/27825680_1_medha-patkar-narmada-bachao-andolan-narmada-dam-issue | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315093840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-19/india/27825680_1_medha-patkar-narmada-bachao-andolan-narmada-dam-issue | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 March 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=A mother speaks: I worry for her but I know Medha is right | date=19 April 2006}}</ref> and his wife Indumati Khanolkar, a gazetted officer in the Post and Telegraphs Department.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/655879/indutai-khanolkar-mother-medha-patkar.html |work=Deccan Herald | title=Medha Patkar's mother dead | date=25 January 2018}}</ref> She has one brother, Mahesh Khanolkar, an architect.

Medha Khanolkar earned an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Social Work from [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]]. She was married for seven years (hence her surname Patkar) but the marriage ended in divorce.<ref name="Sagar">{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-19/india/27825680_1_medha-patkar-narmada-bachao-andolan-narmada-dam-issue | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315093840/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-04-19/india/27825680_1_medha-patkar-narmada-bachao-andolan-narmada-dam-issue | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 March 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=A mother speaks: I worry for her but I know Medha is right | date=19 April 2006}}</ref>

== Career as an activist ==
Medha Patkar worked with voluntary organizations in [[Mumbai]]'s slums for 5 years and tribal districts of North-East districts of Gujarat for 3 years. She worked as a member of the faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences but left her position to take up the fieldwork. She was a Ph.D. scholar at TISS, studying Economics development and its impact on traditional societies. After working up to M.Phil level she left her unfinished Ph.D. when she became immersed in her work with the tribal and peasant communities in the Narmada valley spread over three states.

[[File:Medha patkar.jpg|300px|right|Medha Patkar in 2011]]
[[File: Medha Patkar at Bhopal Jan Utsav 2017.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Medha Patkar speaking at the Bhopal Jan Utsav 2017 organized by All India People's Science Network]]
[[File: Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Right Livelihood Award Foundation.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Medha Patkar at the [[Right Livelihood Award]] foundation.]]

=== About Narmada Bachao Andolan ===
{{Main|Narmada Bachao Andolan}}

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is a social movement protesting against the dam on river Narmada which began in 1985 consisting of Adivasis, farmers, fish workers, labourers, and others in the Narmada valley along with the intellectuals including environmentalists, human rights activists, Scientists, academicians, artists who stand for just and sustainable development. [[Sardar Sarovar]] Dam in Gujarat is one of the biggest dams on Narmada where the non-violent people's struggle has questioned social and environmental costs, undemocratic planning, and unjust distribution of benefits. The struggle is still on in the Sardar Sarovar affected areas and also other large and medium dams on Narmada and its tributaries. It has led to thousands of project-affected families receiving land-based rehabilitation and continues to fight against submergence and displacement without rehabilitation of more than 40,000 families residing in these submergence areas of Sardar Sarovar to date. Many of its claims and critique on economic, social, and environmental aspects of the Sardar Sarovar and Narmada valley development project stand vindicated today. Patkar has also questioned the wisdom of the currently popular developmental strategy of linking rivers in India as a means to address issues of water shortage.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Patkar|first1=Medha|title=River Linking: A Millenium Folly?|date=1 August 2004|publisher=National Alliance of People's Movements|edition=1}}</ref>

NBA has been running JEEVANSHALAS- schools of life, since 1992 with about 5,000 students have passed out and many graduated. Tens of them are under training in athletics and some have won many awards. NBA also successfully established and managed two micro-hydro projects which got submerged due to the SS dam. It has been working in many sectors over the last 30 years including health, employment guarantee, Right to Food and PDS, rehabilitation, and environment protection.

=== Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan ===
{{Main|Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan}}
It is a struggle for housing rights in Mumbai, started in 2005, and continues to fight for the rights of slum-dwellers and those created by the builders in various rehabilitation and re-development projects. It all began when the government of Maharashtra demolished 75,000 houses of the poor in 2005, against its promises before the election. Strong people's movement was founded by Medha Patkar and others when she gave the slogan in a large public meeting at Azaad Maidaan Mumbai. It was through mass action that the communities were rebuilt on the same sites and continued to assert and attain their right to shelter water, electricity, sanitation, and livelihood. As members of working-class GBGBA respect the slum-dwellers for contribution to the life of the city and involve them inequitable and inclusive planning for urban development.

=== National Alliance of People's Movements ===
The [[National Alliance of People's Movements]] (NAPM) is an alliance of people's movements in India, with the stated aim of working on a range of issues related to socio-economic justice, political justice, and equity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nap-India.org/node/420|work=NAPM|title= Website National Alliance for People's Movement}}</ref> Medha Patkar founded the National Alliance of People's Movements with the objective of "facilitating unity and providing strength to peoples' movements in India, fighting against oppression, further questioning the current development model to work towards a just alternative". She is the national convener of the NAPM.<ref name=napm>{{cite web|url=http://www.napm-india.org/NAPM_Conveners#Medha%20Patkar|work=National Alliance of People's Movements|title=National Conveners Team National Alliance of People's Movements}}</ref>
[http://napm-india.org/ NAPM | शांति, न्याय और जनतंत्र के लिए कार्यरत | National Alliance of People's Movements]

=== Tata Nano Plant Singur ===
[[Tata Motors]] started constructing a factory to manufacture their $2,500 car, the [[Tata Nano]] at Singur.<ref>[http://www.blonnet.com/2006/11/26/stories/2006112604380300.htm The Hindu Business Line, 26 November 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605222756/http://www.blonnet.com/2006/11/26/stories/2006112604380300.htm |date=5 June 2009 }}</ref> She protested against the setting up of the plant at [[Singur]], West Bengal. Patkar's convoy was assaulted, allegedly by CPI(M) activists, at Kapaseberia in [[East Midnapore]] district while on her way to strife-torn Nandigram.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwmcSX5YtT8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/KwmcSX5YtT8 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|work=NDTV|title=Medha Patkar's convoy attacked}}{{cbignore}}</ref> At the height of the agitation, [[Ratan Tata]] had made remarks questioning the source of funds of the agitators.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_tata-has-some-values-medha-patkar_1195540|title=Tata has some values: Medha Patkar|work=DNA|access-date=4 October 2008}}</ref> In October 2008 Tata announced that the factory would not be completed and that the production of the Nano will be set up in [[Sanand]], Gujarat.

=== Nandigram land grab resistance (2007) ===
She participated in and initiated various supportive actions including a fast during Diwali in Kolkata, mass-mobilization, complaints at various national fora, and building support of intellectuals and various citizens across the country. The battle was ultimately won in favor of the local people who had to lay their lives in large numbers during state violence.

=== Lavasa ===
[[Lavasa]] is a project by Hindustan Construction Corporation, in Maharashtra. It is a yet-to-be-completed city. [[Lavasa]] Project is criticized by [[Palagummi Sainath|P. Sainath]] for unjust use of water in a worst-hit farmer suicide state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/sainath/how-the-other-half-dries/article4456130.ece|work=The Hindu|title=How the other half dries}}</ref> Medha Patkar with villagers of [[Lavasa]] protested for the environmental damage in [[Nagpur]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/lavasa-battles-to-get-environmental-clearance/136322-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205041002/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/lavasa-battles-to-get-environmental-clearance/136322-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2010| work= CNN IBN|title=Lavasa battles to get environmental clearance}}</ref> She also filed a [[Public Interest Litigation|PIL]] in Supreme Court against the Lavasa project.

=== Golibar Demolition ===
Demolition took place on 2 and 3 April 2013 in the Golibar area, Mumbai, Maharashtra evicting 43 houses and displacing more than 200 people. the whole project is to displace thousands of families and 50–100 years old communities that are demanding in-situ and participatory housing rights. Medha Patkar with more than 500 slum dwellers set on indefinite fast to protest against any further demolition until the inquiry into the matter is completed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/medha-patkar-enters-day-8-of-indefinite-fast/article1-1043023.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413020151/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/mumbai/Medha-Patkar-enters-Day-8-of-indefinite-fast/Article1-1043023.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2013| work= Hindustan Times| title=Medha Patkar enters Day 8 of indefinite fast}}</ref> Patkar has alleged corruption and "atrocities" by builders in the city's slum rehabilitation scheme and called for the halting of six projects by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority until a proper inquiry is conducted. The inquiry was conducted giving partial solutions hence communities continue with their struggle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-12/india/38490454_1_slum-dwellers-medhapatkar-golibar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130417022518/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-12/india/38490454_1_slum-dwellers-medhapatkar-golibar|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]| title=Aruna Roy seeks Sonia's help to end Medha Patkar's fast}}</ref>

=== Save Sugar-Cooperatives Mission ===
To save the Sugar-Cooperative sector in Maharashtra from falling into the hands of politicians including tens of ministers in the Maharashtra cabinet till 2014, Medha Patkar organized protests. She explained that "the politicians are interested in the prime plots of land, old equipment, and machinery," of sugar co-operatives and accused the state government of selling assets of the industry at throw-away rates. A case against Girna Sugar factory at Malegaon, Nasik, Maharashtra and members of Chhagan Bhujbal Family pending before the Supreme court of India and the unused land of the factory is re-occupied and cultivated by the local farmers who were the donors of the cooperative that was privatized by the former minister purchasing it at a throwaway price.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/medha-patkar-anna-hazare-on-sugar-cooperative-save-mission/426245-3-237.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005061109/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/medha-patkar-anna-hazare-on-sugar-cooperative-save-mission/426245-3-237.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2013| work= CNN IBN| title= Medha Patkar, Anna Hazare on sugar co-operative save mission}}</ref>

=== Hiranandani land scam ===
Medha Patkar along with other activists registered in [[Public-Interest Litigation|PIL]] in the High Court of Mumbai, alleging violations by property tycoon [[Niranjan Hiranandani]] in building luxury flats instead of affordable houses. Hiranandani had signed a lease for the 230 acres of land in 1986 at a rate of Re 1 per hectare in a tripartite agreement with the state and Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.moneylife.in/article/hiranandani-land-scam-in-powai/36077.html | title=Efforts to bury the Rs 45,000 crore Hiranandani land scam in Powai, Mumbai? | work=Money Life | access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> Responding to [[Public-Interest Litigation|PIL]] Maharashtra [[High Court]] judges say that" we appreciate the elegance of the construction and the intent on creating an architectural marvel for the city of Mumbai, we see the specific intent of wholly ignoring the most vital, and perhaps the only, condition in tripartite agreement (to create affordable houses of 40 and 80 sq m)".<ref name="HCV">{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Hiranandani-cant-build-in-Powai-sans-HC-okay/articleshow/11998240.cms?referral=PM | title=Hiranandani can't build in Powai sans HC okay | work=The Times of India | date=23 February 2012 | access-date=21 February 2014 | author=Shibu Thomas | location=Mumbai, India}}</ref> If calculated according to the current market price, the quantum of the scam will be around Rs. 450  billion.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/case-against-builder-hiranandani-senior-bureaucrat-others-for-rs-30000crore-land-scam/article3607634.ece | title=Case against builder Hiranandani, senior bureaucrat, others for Rs. 30,000-crore land scam | work=The Hindu | date=6 July 2012 | access-date=21 February 2014}}</ref> The judgment of 2012 directed Hirandani to build 3,144 houses for the low-income groups before any other construction at Hiranandani gardens which is yet to happen. The case is at the stage of final hearing at HC of Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sequeira |first1=Rosy |title=Mumbai:Panel to verify affordable flats by Hiranandani |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/mumbaipanel-to-verify-affordable-flats-by-hiranandani/articleshow/81320173.cms |access-date=11 October 2021 |work=Times of India |agency=TNN |issue=4 March 2021 |date=2021}}</ref>

=== Kovvada Nuclear project ===
Patkar expressed strong opposition to the land acquisition in Kovvada of Ranasthalam Mandal in [[Srikakulam]] district, [[Andhra Pradesh]] saying that the nuclear plant would be a disaster for ecology as well as people of the region.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/medha-patkar-cries-halt-to-kovvada-nuclear-project/article5400882.ece| work =The Hindu| title=Medha Patkar cries halt to Kovvada nuclear project}}</ref>

[[File:Medha p.jpg|thumb|Medha Patkar in March 2012]]

== Career in politics ==
In January 2004 during the [[World Social Forum]] held in [[Mumbai]]. Medha Patkar and other members of [[National Alliance of People's Movements|National Alliance of People's Movement]] initiated a [[Political party|Political Party]] 'People's Political Front<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2004/03/18/stories/2004031803371400.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 March 2004|title=Medha Patkar forms political front}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>' also called as 'Lok Rajniti Manch'. However, Medha did not participate as an active politician but adhered herself to creating an atmosphere and environment by organizing a fifteen days [[Maharashtra]] state-level campaign. She was accompanied by two young activists, Maju Varghese and journalist Jaspal Singh Naol (Jal). Meetings were organized under her leadership in each [[List of districts of Maharashtra|district of Maharashtra]]. Most of the members had asked Patkar to stand for election, but she denied it.

In January 2014, Medha Patkar joined the [[Aam Aadmi Party]], a political party led by [[Arvind Kejriwal]]. She and her organization, National Alliance of People's Movement, provided support to the Aam Aadmi Party during the Lok Sabha campaign.<ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/activist-medha-patkar-to-join-arvind-kejriwals-aam-aadmi-party/ Patkar extends support to AAP] Indian Express, 14 January 2014</ref>

Patkar also contested the [[2014 Lok Sabha election]] for the [[Mumbai North East (Lok Sabha constituency)|North East Mumbai constituency]] as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate.<ref>{{cite news|title=AAP to field Medha Patkar, Anjali Damania for Lok Sabha polls; releases first list of 20 candidates|newspaper=The Economic Times|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-to-field-medha-patkar-anjali-damania-for-lok-sabha-polls-releases-first-list-of-20-candidates/articleshow/30521777.cms|access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref> She lost, receiving 8.9%<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/arvind-kejriwals-aap-needs-a-future-plan-fatigue-sets-in-for-partys-small-time-drama/articleshow/35568186.cms Arvind Kejriwal's AAP needs a future plan; fatigue sets in for party's small-time drama] The Economic Times</ref> of the vote cast in North East Mumbai constituency, trailing at third position behind [[Kirit Somaiya]] (BJP candidate, winner) and Sanjay Patil (NCP candidate).<ref name=eci>[http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1328.htm?ac=28 Maharashtra – Mumbai North East, Results Declared] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152824/http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1328.htm?ac=28 |date=17 May 2014 }} Election Commission of India, 2014</ref> She resigned from Aam Aadmi Party's primary membership on 28 March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 March 2015|title=Live Updates: AAP Releases Video Of Arvind Kejriwal's Speech at Controversial Party Meet|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/yogendra-yadav-prashant-bhushan-expelled-from-aap-national-executive-750311|access-date=5 July 2021|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
* 1991: [[Right Livelihood Award]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Laureates 1991-Medha Patkar & Baba Amte / Narmada Bachao Andolan |url=http://www.rightlivelihood.org/narmada.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113140421/http://www.rightlivelihood.org/narmada.html |archive-date=13 November 2007 }}</ref>
* 1992: [[Goldman Environment Prize|Goldman Environment Award]]<ref name="WSJ Guide">{{cite web|last=Malhotra|first=Aditi|title=A Guide to Aam Aadmi Party's National Candidates|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/02/17/a-guide-to-aam-aadmi-partys-national-candidates/|publisher=Wall Street Journal|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
* 1995: [[Green Ribbon Award]] for Best International Political Campaigner by BBC, England
* 1999: Human Rights Defender's Award from Amnesty International, Germany
* 1999: M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award from [[Vigil India Movement]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anti-dam-activist-medha-patkar-selected-for-1999-m.a.-thomas-national-human-rights-award/1/255830.html|title=Medha Patkar selected for 1999 M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award}}</ref>
* 1999: Person of The Year BBC
* 1999: Deena Nath Mangeshkar Award<ref>{{cite news | url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990426/ige26076.html | title=Quicktakes Indian Express | work=The Indian Express | access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
* 1999: Kundal Lal Award for Peace
* 1999: Mahatma Phule Award<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tehelka.com/medha-patkar-the-peoples-protestor/ | work= Tehelka Magazine | title= Medha Patkar – The People's Protestor}}</ref>
* 2001: Basavashree Award<ref>{{cite news|title=Basavashree Award for Medha Patkar|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/04/29/stories/0429210e.htm|access-date=31 January 2018|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 April 2001}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* 2013: Matoshree Bhimabai Ambedkar Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/marathi/lokmanthan-epaper-lokmanth/pra+aashalata+kambale+yanna+bhimabai+aambedakar+puraskar-newsid-76027640?listname=topicsList&index=0&topicIndex=0&mode=pwa|title=Dailyhunt|website=m.dailyhunt.in|language=en|access-date=13 November 2018}}</ref>
* 2014: [[Mother Teresa Award]] for Social Justice.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice held on Sunday|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mother-teresa-memorial-international-award-for-social-justice-held-on-sunday-2033914|access-date=14 December 2014|work=dna|publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.|date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of peace activists]]

== Citations ==
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