Skip to Content
Water
book

Water

by India International Centre India International India International Centre
September 2009
Beginner
204 pages
5h 17m
English
Pearson India
Content preview from Water

9

HUNTING DOWN WATER IN INDIA: IN SEARCH OF VOX POPS

Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal; Poems by Maya Khosla

‘The third world war will be a war over water’, proclaims Chattar Singh, a farmer, standing on his plot of land in the desolation of Ramgarh in Jaisalmer district, in Rajasthan. We grapple with knots in the audio cable in a futile effort to get our camera rolling in time to catch his sound bites. This was 2002, and we were shooting for a five-part series of video documentaries on ‘The Politics of Water’. Always in search of such vox pops (vox populi), we roll the camera while Chattar Singh solemnly relates his story.

The diminutive farmer tells us how he, his kin and numerous others like him have been reduced to penury because they believed ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation

Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation

Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian
Internet Yellow Pages, 2007 Edition

Internet Yellow Pages, 2007 Edition

Mikal E. Belicove, Joe Kraynak
Environmental Scenario in India

Environmental Scenario in India

Sacchidananda Mukherjee, Debashis Chakraborty

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9788131726716