{"id":3101,"date":"2003-09-18T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2003-09-18T15:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/2008\/09\/04\/debate-medha-patkar-bio\/"},"modified":"2008-10-10T15:23:38","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T19:23:38","slug":"debate-medha-patkar-bio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/debate-medha-patkar-bio\/3101\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate: Medha Patkar Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"captionLeft\">\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/wa_img_thedammed_dbate_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3123\" title=\"wa_img_thedammed_dbate_1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/files\/2008\/09\/wa_img_thedammed_dbate_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Medha Patkar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Medha Patkar spent three years as a member of faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. 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