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Yamuna Nama: a book review
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PMThe Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
![Yamuna river (Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-manifesto_1.jpg?itok=4DIn58eM)
All is 'well'
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:15 PMDilip from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, has finally rid himself of the itchy, black spots on his skin that bothered him for many years. How did he do it? He cleaned a dug well in his village! Seems a little disconnected, doesn't it? Dilip also failed to see this connection and did not realize that the water he drank was silently causing his own body to turn against him.
![Reviving wells in Ballia,UP (Credit:Saurabh Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ashok_ji_007.jpg?itok=8EwSiunf)
Request for Proposal for '“Identification, profiling & livelihood mapping of manual scavengers among high prevalence states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan & Gujarat', UNDP
Posted on 02 Dec, 2013 12:03 PMFor more information on the UNDP, click here.
For further details on the proposal, click here or download it from below.
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Don't have toilet, can't contest polls
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 10:43 PMDon't have toilet, can't contest polls
![Toilet mandatory to contest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet_2.jpg?itok=LzJ7U9Rs)
Phailin rain increases Andhra groundwater levels
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 10:21 AMPhailin increases Andhra groundwater levels
![Phailin raises groundwater in Andhra (EU-ECHO)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/phailin.jpg?itok=NTd_u9Gf)
Can we build an alternative society?
Posted on 17 Nov, 2013 10:11 PMRiverside apartments are in great demand these days. This has led to a surge in the number of apartments built along rivers that flow through urban areas. These same 'premium' apartments are encroaching on the river's channel and are therefore most vulnerable to the floods that they help create by constricting the river. This harm extends beyond the apartments in question.
![A wastepicker sorts through waste (source: Chicu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1020602.jpg?itok=9zvXLljh)
Call for proposals 'Water for public good', Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUL)
Posted on 10 Nov, 2013 03:55 PMFor more information on Hindustan Unilever Foundation (HUL), please click here.
For further details on the Request for Proposal, view the attached documents below.
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The Taj Mahal's poor neighbour
Posted on 31 Oct, 2013 01:32 PMThe Tajganj boasts a heritage walk taking sightseers back in time to the excellence of the Mughal era. History-loving eyes examine this threshold to the mausoleum for its remains from the urban landscape of the Mughal lay.
![Overlooking the Taj](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tajganj.jpg?itok=w1esTUtp)
Six women change Agra's water story
Posted on 31 Oct, 2013 12:56 PMHistorically, Agra has had decentralized water systems that were derived from a riverine core and supplemented by numerous lakes, wells and baolis (step wells). The system was a synthesis of geography, excellent Mughal fluvial engineering and an involved citizenry. Unfortunately, much has been lost over the years.
![Six women change Agra's water story](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shudh_jal.jpg?itok=1mt2h8Lo)