Dying wisdom

By:

Agarwal, Anil (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Narain, Sunita (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Centre for Science and Environment; 2005Description: 404 pISBN:

818690607X

Subject(s):

Water harvesting

DDC classification:

333.91 DYI

Summary: is probably a good thing that this report on the traditional water harvesting systems of India is going to be published as the 20th century and the second millennium of the Christian calendar draws to a close. It only shows how extensive are our roots and traditions and how important they are for meeting the challenges of the next century and millennium - howsoever modern and newfangled they may appear to be. Hindi litterateur Mahadevi Verma once said, it is not possible for any human being to take a step forward without putting one foot firmly on the ground. Similarly, a society which tries to move ahead without keeping itself firmly rooted in its own traditions, tends to fall. The idea for such a report came to us because of two different reasons and events. The first was the growing anti-dam movement in the country, which was demanding less socially and ecologically destructive systems of water development. We, therefore, asked ourselves the question: What would such systems be? Could of ta they be found in our traditional systems of water management?

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is probably a good thing that this report on the traditional water harvesting systems of India is going to be published as the 20th century and the second millennium of the Christian calendar draws to a close. It only shows how extensive are our roots and traditions and how important they are for meeting the challenges of the next century and millennium - howsoever modern and newfangled they may appear to be. Hindi litterateur Mahadevi Verma once said, it is not possible for any human being to take a step forward without putting one foot firmly on the ground. Similarly, a society which tries to move ahead without keeping itself firmly rooted in its own traditions, tends to fall.

The idea for such a report came to us because of two different reasons and events. The first was the growing anti-dam movement in the country, which was demanding less socially and ecologically destructive systems of water development. We, therefore, asked ourselves the question: What would such systems be? Could of ta they be found in our traditional systems of water management?

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