Download or read book In the Belly of the River written by Amita Baviskar and published by Studies in Social Ecology and. This book was released on 2004 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are adivasis fighting the Narmada dam and other development projects in India today? Are adivasis 'ecologically noble savages' living in harmony with nature? What is the tribal relationship with nature today? How do people, whose struggles are the subject of theories of liberation and social change, perceive their own situation? Do their present circumstances allow adivasis to formulate a critique of 'development'?