Anupam Mishra: The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These ancient aqueducts and stepwells are still used today — and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.
source: https://www.ted.com/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvestingAaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab
This book by Shri Anupam Mishra documents the life and work of individuals and communities across India, in setting up water harvesting and management systems through talaabs (lakes / tanks).
In Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, Shri Anupam Mishra documents the life and work of several individuals and communities, across the country, in setting up water harvesting and management systems through talaabs (lakes / tanks).
These traditional water bodies are the lifeline of many villages and towns in the country even today. Their work serves as a guide, in organising to face and tackle the current water crisis in the country.
Shri Anupam Mishra has worked in the field of environment and water conservation for many decades, and currently works with the Gandhi Peace Foundation New Delhi.
His books on the work of people/society organising themselves, to harvest and manage water - Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab and Rajasthan Ki Rajat Boondein, are considered landmark works in the field, and continue to inspire several individuals even today, to take up work on setting up and reviving these time-tested water harvesting systems.
Shri Anupam Mishra does not hold any copy right over books written by him. Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab has thus been translated through the initiatives of several inspired readers, into 19 languages. It is one of the only books after Gandhiji's autobiography "My Experiments with Truth", to be available in Braille. The total number of prints of Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, has crossed 100,000 copies as of 2009.
Readers are thus welcome to further reprint, digitise, store, extract, copy, translate, transmit or use the books in any form they wish. The translated versions in other languages include Bengali, Urdu, Marathi, Gujarati and Punjabi (Download from below). Please do tell us about any such efforts you make or feedback you have on the books, at contact@indiawaterportal.org, and we will forward your mail to the author.
India Water Portal acknowledges the support of Sambhaav Trust and Anand Kumar Naidu, Bangalore, in making this publication available online, in an electronic form.
source: http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/aaj-bhi-khare-hain-talaab
Other Books:
"The wisdom that was !" - A talk by Anupam Mishra on the traditional water harvesting systems of the Thar desert, Rajasthan
The Wisdom That Was !, captures a very interesting and informative talk by Anupam Mishra, on traditional water harvesting systems of the Rajasthan desert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbE7EA7vE8
life journey of Anupam Mishra- Ravish kumar prime time intro on 19th Dec 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-vi-wvJCP4
जल, जीवन, हम और अनुपम...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-wUi_AbSk
एक आवाज़ जो हमारे बीच से चली गई है हम आपको उस आवाज़ तक फिर से ले जाना चाहते हैं. इससे पहले कि हम शुद्ध हवा के भी पैसे देने लगें, उस आदमी की बात सुन लेते हैं जो हमें पानी को लेकर याद दिलाता रहा. बताता रहा कि हमने पानी के साथ नाइंसाफी की है. पानी ही ख़त्म नहीं किया, बल्कि अपनी स्मृतियों को भी मिटा दिया है. सोमवार सुबह हमने अनुपम मिश्र को खो दिया. कहने वाले तो यह भी कहते हैं कि भारत में पर्यावरण को लेकर काम करने वाले चोटी के पांच लोगों में से एक थे |
Interview with Dr Anupam Mishra - Part 2 - Lok Sabha TV Programme "Top Shot" - Episode 17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zk69bx_Iqg&t=190s
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