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From Water Scarcity to Abundance: Zoroastrian Wells for an Urbanising India

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Berjis Driver [/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”] Background The origins of Zoroastrianism trace back nearly 3500 years to1500 BCE through the ‘first teacher’ Spitama Zarathustra who was immortalised through his hymns. These were known as the Gathas, which revealed the existence of an all-knowing, eternal Lord of Wisdom, Ahura Mazda (Mistree 2020).     […]

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Urban Water Supply in India: Policy Paradigms and Institutional Priorities

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Jitendra Bisht and Neymat Chadha [/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”]CONTEXT Over the last two censuses, India’s urban population grew to over 31% of the total population registering an annual growth rate of 2.7%. Estimates suggest that while a third of the country’s population currently live in urban areas, by 2050 this number could go […]

Sharing Water as an Act of Resistance: Kaladera’s Pyayus

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Ankita Menon Ankita worked on this research project as part of Water Seeker Fellowship 2020, a collaborative initiative of the Living Waters Museum and Social and Political Research Foundation. [/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”]In the Kaladera village of Jaipur’s Chomu Tehsil in Rajasthan, pyayu form a significant part of the community culture. Pyayus are […]