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democracy ... begins from the ground up. Anything living grows from the bottom up. Everything dangerous, like bombs, gets dropped from the sky down.
Vandana Shiva
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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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Dehra Dun
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