<div>Association for India's Development (MIT and Boston chapters) presents </div><div><br></div><div>A Talk </div><div><br></div><div>Illegal mining in India and people's struggle</div><div><br></div><div>by S R Hiremath</div>

<div><br></div><div>MIT 4-237</div><div>FRI MAY 10 7-9PM</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">S R </span><span class="il" style="font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px">Hiremath</span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, founder and </span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">member of the NGO Samaj Parivarthana Samudaya (SPS) based in Karnataka </span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(India) will talk about his organization'</span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">s successful struggle against </span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">illegal mining in Karnataka. He will discuss their efforts to organize a </span><span style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">large scale people's movement against a corrupt system and powerful mining</span></div>

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">conglomerates owned by state politicians. The struggle began as a petition </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">in the Supreme Court of India filed by Mr. </span><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Hiremath</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> himself and, within a </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">few years brought illegal mining in that region to a grinding halt together </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">with the arrest of the top politicians and industrialists who were its </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">primary drivers.</span><br clear="all">

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