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Global Discourses and Local Mobilisations: The Case of ‘Barh Mukti Abhiyan’

This paper examines the nature of claim-making and the mobilisation politics of 'Barh Mukti Abhiyan' (BMA) in the state of Bihar in the context of its interactions with globally circulating discourses on big dams, river-valley projects, and embankments. It presents a differentiated and contingent understanding of BMA without prejudging it as a heroic environmental movement with a sense of common purpose and identity. While appreciating the significance of the increasingly thickening nexus between transnational networks and grassroots organising, it foregrounds issues concerning social justice, equitable access to information, the expert and bureaucratic dominance, livelihood struggles, and traditional knowledge systems.