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“There’s a saying in the villages of the Narmada valley—you can wake someone who’s sleeping. But you can’t wake someone who’s pretending to be asleep” When it comes to the politics of forced, involuntary displacement, there’s a deafening silence in this country. People’s eyes glaze over. They behave as though it’s just a blip in the democratic process.” (Roy, 68)