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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Kerala's lake islands sinking
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PMSmall islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking
![A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074397986_58a2682d31_z.jpg?itok=E_riz7s9)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)
Call for paper for compendium on groundwater conflicts
Posted on 12 Jul, 2016 02:58 PMAbout the opportunity:
Safe sanitation for women
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PMAccording to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [
![Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_2.jpg?itok=VRubcEAR)
Water packaging units run without licence
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 12:07 AMMost water packaging units operating without license: FSSAI
![Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640_0.jpg?itok=2vLh62Na)
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
![Women fill water from one of the taps at Pipara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es.jpg?itok=E5g14DvX)
Climate change: When past presents itself
Posted on 24 Jun, 2016 08:40 PMSummers get hotter, rains decline and crops fail. The conflict between people increase and migration in search of better lands and skies begin. Sounds familiar? We are not talking about Marathwada here. This is how the lives of our ancestors played out thousands of years ago.
![A narrow lane flanked by houses at Bhirrana. Source: Archaeological Survey of India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hakra1.jpg?itok=-dtnP4xF)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AMKarnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z.jpg?itok=olkOXRWc)
A river comes to people
Posted on 13 Jun, 2016 08:28 PMGajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow wheat and reap record production in this area,” he prophesises. This forecast doesn’t come from his knowledge of astrology, but that of geology, gained over the years.
![A temple and a small pond at the origin of Nanduwali.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/new_1.jpg?itok=z39XAlQE)