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Water must be free for sustenance needs. Since nature gives water to us free of cost, buying and selling it for profit violates our inherent right to nature's gift and denies the poor of their human rights.
Vandana Shiva
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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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