Paani Ka Jugaad: Water Management
Tweet Water Management The many ways in which the city’s poor ‘ arrange ‘ for their daily water needs Water Management If you would like to be notified the next time I make a post, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or sign up for Email alerts. Many thanks for reading....
Read MoreWhen I learnt to practice what I preach…
Tweet Last week all of us went for our family vacation to our village in Himachal Pradesh – a village called Chachian in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. My father – in- law, now 76 years old, lives there alone.The village is beautiful – and our home – even more so. Our home – a small cottage on the mountain slope, is on the fringe of a forest of pines through which you can see the snow capped mountains. All sorts of animals, birds and insects stroll in at all times – scorpions, large spiders, chameleons, moths of a hundred types, beautiful birds,...
Read MoreWater Is The Guru!
Tweet My Dear Jal Rakshaks Namaskar. For me, this Saturday, was a day of transformation—a renewal of faith. And this letter is to say, Thank You, to my Water Guardian friends, who made this possible. I’ve been asked many times, why I work for Water. I’ve always responded with rational reasons— “Increasing freshwater scarcity is the single biggest cause for devastation and conflict facing mankind.” “I want to contribute towards averting the Water Crisis — by sustainable Water planning and managing Water efficiently” etc etc… But beneath ...
Read MorePeace, at last for the Neela Hauz
Tweet The wheel has come full circle… Yesterday’s article about the Neela Hauz, in the Times of India, made my day! In a day or two DDA will take over the lake and plans have already been made by Bio-Diversity experts to restore Neela Hauz and its forest. The Neela Hauz water has got back its home. Ever since the Citizen’s movement for restoration of Neela Hauz began, the focus has been on the idealistic, enthusiastic citizens, who highlighted the plight of the lake. And rightfully so… because they went beyond the call of duty to answer the voice of their...
Read MorePray for those who are suffering
Tweet Oh God! I’m feeling miserable! It’s 12.30 in the night, as the rain pours incessantly, suddenly the sight of those black polythene sheet covered hutments that I had seen just last week, flashes across my eyes. In my mind I saw the old man telling me about daily wages in UP, the young kids playing around and begging to be photographed , the goat chewing placidly and the young men teaching us how to steal the pavement hand-rails…..and suddenly it hit me…….this was a tragedy I was watching unfold. I remembered that long unending row of polythene...
Read MoreMy dearest Chulbuli Pandey – a letter to the Yamuna river in flood
Tweet My dearest Chulbuli Pandey, Aah! Yamuna meri jaan – kya dabangg cheez ho tum ! Ekdum se aisa jhatka de diya, ki sab ko hilaa kar rakh diya! Kyun chhamiya – itna gussa kis baat ka ?? Like Shahrukh ‘Don’ Khan’s ‘Junglee Billi’ - in one fit of anger you’ve demolished all delusions we had about being your masters! We thought we’d tamed you – we Zero sized you, by damming you up; weighed down your frail body by dumping all our kachra in you – and sat happily in our ivory towers thinking – bhookhi billi kya panja maregi?? Your long time,...
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