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Today another dream was rekindled. Paani. A film that has lived in my consciousness for almost 5 years, when I watched 50 women and children standing in the hot sun in Mumbai. Each carrying a bucket waiting for a tap to start dripping with water.<\/p>\n


\nPaani means Water in Hindi.
\nI had just come down from a friends place in Pali Hill, one of the more expensive residential areas in Mumbai. My friend had me waiting for half an hour while he showered. He lived on the 30th floor, and the slum where there was no water was just below his apartment building.
\nThis inequity in the most basic resource neccessary for human survival set me thinking and a story developed.
\nMore later…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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