A hopeful view of experience: Paani

From Deepak R: Bijapur,I have lived in this dusty town, fought many college debates on water crisis here,spent many days of my life fetching water and storing it away, taken out protests with the local authorities. In many ways this small historic town has remained unchanged since 100 years. People in reality do not expect [...]

The Story of Paani

This came in from Bhaskara : "Today I was watching a local kannada news channel. There was a news that, people in Bijapur were furious over water supply. The reason was for weeks there was no water supplied to homes. When the public attacked the local water regulation body, they found out that there was [...]

Who does this planet belong to ?

View of the Church behind the Hotel in Innsbruck where I normally stay. Beautiful as the church is - this is the first time in years the locals recall there being no snow here on Christmas. It's the same lament all over the Ski slopes too. There has been little snow, and of course the [...]

Water Wars again ? Can we turn Bangladesh into a Desert ?

Sir , Now India making a Dam at the river of Barak ...Which will cause the North-east part of Bangladesh to become a desert ... Would love to know your views about this For more > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipaimukh_Dam http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/05/27/bangladesh-india-no-to-tipaimukh-dam/ The war Of Water Just been Started By India !!! -Rajib A Rahmaniac from Bangladesh