SPRFAuthor: P. Shalini Most cities and civilisations have grown on the banks of the rivers. The identity of the city and its people is closely tied to the river’s history. Hyderabad city, built around the river Musi, is no exception. River Musi is also called the Moosa, Muchkunda and Musinuru, a tributary of river Krishna […]
Author: Ritika Singhal Siddhpur and Saraswati Since the Vedic times, India has been known as the land of rivers and spiritualism. Planets and rivers have been personified and revered as gods and goddesses. The Saraswati River once hailed as powerful, glorious, and sacred, is now known as dead, lost, and forgotten. Siddhpur is a small […]
SHREYA SINGH Introduction River Mahanadi, the 6th largest river in the peninsular river frameworks of India, charitably streams 494 km in the North-Eastern portion of Odisha. The distance spans 851 km from its root to the outfall point at the Bay of Bengal. In the early fifties of the twentieth century, the Union government took […]
Introduction The Yamuna slithers through the heart of Delhi, across a 22 km stretch. It enters the city at Palla in the North, brimming with zest, vigour and bounty and it leaves Delhi at Jaitpur in the South. Delhi has never been kind to Yamuna, but Yamuna has given, and continues to give, a lot […]
Author: Mitali Kumar Modern Development is said to be synonymous with the use of concrete (Watts, 2019). Developments in India post-90s saw a boost in the material in the building and construction industry (Tappin, 2002). Unfortunately, natural ecosystems like rivers were also impacted by this phenomenon, the concretisation of River Gomti in Lucknow being a […]
Author: Archana Sharma River Gandak, also known as the Kali Gandaki or Narayani, originates near the Tibet-Nepal border and enters Nepal from the Mustang region. After traversing through the lands of Nepal, it crosses the Indo-Nepal Border at Triveni Dham and reaches Valmiki Nagar in Bihar. From Valmiki Nagar, the Gandak winds its way through […]
Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum In the North of Delhi is one of its largest water bodies in the form of a horseshoe lake. However, the lake today has little resemblance to its former glory, having shrunk by 58%. What was once a thriving wetland ecosystem is now […]
Author: Devi Divija Singal Reddy Editors: Riya Singh Rathore Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum Hand hygiene is a simple and cost-effective way to prevent the spread of infections. Besides physical distancing and wearing masks, it is one of the public’s best defences during a pandemic. Since a healthcare […]
Author: Debika Banerji and Shreyashi Bhattacharya Editors: Riya Singh Rathore and Soumya Singhal Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum The Adi Ganga-Tolly Nullah is an old channel of the Ganges flowing across the southern visages of urban Kolkata. It moves through the fringes of the city and finally meets the […]
Author: Yamin Chowdhary Editors: Riya Singh Rathore and Soumya Singhal Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum Traditionally, the hijra households in parts of India follow unique kinship patterns based on the principle of discipleship. Abandoned by their biological families and society for not following the gender assigned to them at […]
Author: Saranya Editors: Avishi Water Seekers’ Fellow 2021 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum A dynamic concept, the definition of heritage continues to evolve with time. In recent years, the definitions prescribed by UNESCO for cultural and natural sites have become more inclusive and holistic (UNESCO n.d. a). Within this growing heritage spectrum, water […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Author- Srishti Singh; Artwork in collaboration with Anubha Garg Editors- Sara, Neymat, Riya Water Seekers’ Fellow 2020 – SPRF India and Living Waters Museum [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][ohio_text text_typo=”null”] Introduction Sixty per cent of South Bihar is vulnerable to droughts (Government of Bihar n.d.). This statistic is not surprising if we were to look at […]
Authored by: Nikhil Varghese Mathew and Riya Singh RathoreEdited by: Priyamvada, Neymat, and Sara This is a companion piece on Srishti Singh’s larger work about Ahar Pynes as part of the Water Seekers’ Fellowship 2020. INTRODUCTION As the population grows, India’s water demand is estimated to rise to 1.5 trillion m³ by 2030. At present, […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Water Governance in Semi-arid and Arid Regions: Lessons for Haryana By Akshita Sharma, Somiha Chatterjee The Kund Of Nuh – Illustrating The Synergy Between Humankind And Nature By Yusra Ansari [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][ohio_text text_typo=”null”] Introduction: Arid and Semi-arid Regions in India Arid and semi-arid zones cover approximately 33% of India’s geographical area (Das 2019: […]