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Whispers from the Thirsting Earth: The Lost Genius of India’s Water Heritage
This water wisdom resonated throughout India’s vast and diverse landscape. In Bihar, the ahar-pyne…
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The Water Keepers: India’s Ignored Rain Defenders
Under India’s summer sun, the earth cracks. Rivers retreat. Wells echo. Faucets sputter. Yet…
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Reawakening the Wells of Wisdom: Almora’s Ignored Water Temples
Almora, a town of terraced slopes, historic temples, and meandering market lanes, is tucked…
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‘Teerol’ opts for nature-based solution to fight water and fodder scarcity
On Udaipur – Sirohi highway, a right turn about 50 km from Udaipur (Rajasthan)…
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Traditional Methods of Rainwater Harvesting and Water Management State in Focus: Tamil Nadu
Rainwater harvesting refers to the collection and storage of rain. The collected water can…
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The Silent Cry of Asia’s Glaciers: A Story from the Eyes of a Polar Bear
Once upon a time, in the icy embrace of the Arctic, there lived a…
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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Challenges: Water Management Techniques from Delhi’s History
History inspires the changes required in the present. What we see today as ‘modern’…
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Grand Anicut — A 2,000-Year-Old LivingLegacy of Water Management, Sustainability,and Community Resilience
Over two thousand years ago, the Kaveri River surged across the fertile plains of southern India, providing both life-giving water and the threat of destruction. Each monsoon, farmers in the…
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Whispers from the Thirsting Earth: The Lost Genius of India’s Water Heritage
This water wisdom resonated throughout India’s vast and diverse landscape. In Bihar, the ahar-pyne system of levies and canals established a fine balance of plenty and necessity—harvesting river surplus and…
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The Water Keepers: India’s Ignored Rain Defenders
Under India’s summer sun, the earth cracks. Rivers retreat. Wells echo. Faucets sputter. Yet if you listen with memory, the land hums an old tune—the whisper of water. India has…
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Reawakening the Wells of Wisdom: Almora’s Ignored Water Temples
Almora, a town of terraced slopes, historic temples, and meandering market lanes, is tucked amid the wooded mountains of Uttarakhand’s Kumaun region. But Almora has a legacy far deeper—quite literally—than…
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Pond: One Solution to Many Problems
Whatever rain falls in a farmer’s field is his share of fortune. Preserve it by building a pond in the same field. It will retain both water and soil. It…
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Beneath Our Feet: A Soil Story to Save India’s Future
A few months ago, while casually scrolling through articles on environmental issues, I came across a line that stopped me in my tracks: “We may have only 60 harvests left.”