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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Goa-Karnataka dispute over Kalasa-Banduri project resolved
Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:07 PMTribunal's order over Kalasa-Banduri Project brings respite to Goa and Karnataka
![Mahadayi River in Goa (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1280px-mandovi_in_goa_10-26-2008_5-41-46_pm.jpg?itok=jJ8mp5A7)
Invitation to the monsoon school on 'Perspectives on Environment, Society and Well-Being', Kalpavriksh, Pune, Maharashtra
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![Kalpavriksh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kv_logo.jpg?itok=2dYTigC3)
Water privatisation, a failed model?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PMSince water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems.
![JUSCO disconnected Nirmal Basti's water connection](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05941tp.jpg?itok=_4EMSlyJ)
Ancient engineering marvels of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 02:06 PMSouth India has a rich tradition of tanks with the three southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributing to close to 92% of the total irrigation by tanks in the 1970s. Two decades later, this number dwindled to close to 53%. A decade after that, in 2001, the total contribution of tank irrigation in all of India was estimated to be just around 5.18%.
![Small tank near Thalambedu in Kanchipuram](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3089.jpg?itok=X7wSgRFV)
Coexistence possible—farms and forests, man and nature
Posted on 01 Apr, 2014 11:43 PMNagaland holds many secrets of evolution and sustainable living within its green frontiers. Khonoma village near Kohima is one such plae. It is known not only for being the last frontier the British could never conquer but also for its environmental conscious community and distinct farming practices.
![Alder trees are great nitrogen fixators](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/konooma_6.jpg?itok=2f5kTNhe)
Think about water while watching these movies
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:29 PMPeople learn and retain better through visual media. That's a fact. So what better way to bring attention to topics around the themes of water than by screening movies? That was the thought process behind organising an event on World Water Day with school students in Shimla.
![Participants at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3294.jpg?itok=p4tJZruT)
Fluid rivers but concrete mindsets
Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:42 PMThe twin sisters: Bihar is a land of fertile farms bearing sugarcane, wheat, rice, gram and pulses. Interspersed between the fields are venerable mango groves. Of Bihar's children, perhaps none is as universally loved as Sita. The village that she was born in -Sitamarhi- welcomed another daughter along with Sita.
![The old course Lakhandei at Sitamarhi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1030671.jpg?itok=P92lO3vs)
Barter by the beel
Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:33 PMThis was my first time here. I had heard of this festival, perhaps the only existing one in India, where barter takes place at such a scale. Jon Beel mela in Jon Beel, Jagiroad Assam- a historic festival where people from the hills and plains come together for a unique exchange of goods and agricultural produce near a moon-shaped wetland.
![Eatables laid out for exchange at Jon beel mela](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0743.jpg?itok=IPEAN80q)
Fatehabad - Another Fukushima?
Posted on 25 Mar, 2014 08:14 PMNational Highway 10 passes through Badophal, a village in Fatehabad district of Haryana. The highway is lined by a tiny market and a point where several jeeps start and terminate. These jeeps are headed to Gorakhpur village, some 15 kms away via Kajal Heri, another village en route.
![Gorakhpur nuclear power plant site](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/board.jpg?itok=LKIeQso9)
The key to successfully managing groundwater in India
Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:47 PMDr. Himanshu Kulkarni is the Executive Director of the Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM), a non-profit organisation in Pune. It is a premier education and research institution, which facilitates work on groundwater management through action research programmes and training.
![A study group observing groundwater in a well](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0222tp.jpg?itok=ZG5mq6SO)