Jaani Meena and Shaitan SinghWhen Jaani grins, her warmth is infectious and my face can’t help but mirror hers. She has five front teeth left now – ‘old age has robbed the others’ she tells me very seriously, her eyes threatening to laugh again. Widowed three years ago, she lives with her son and daughterContinue reading "Jaani\’s Missing Pension: A narrative of corruption eroding financial safety nets"
Humble beginnings: What do Jogilal Meena’s mittens have to do with my PhD?
When I started my Ph.D., I thought I had clear ideas. I was going to understand water scarcity and how it affected farmers. I was going to try and figure out why the crores of rupees the Indian government spent on water management programmes across the nation were yielding unsatisfactory results. I had studied aboutContinue reading "Humble beginnings: What do Jogilal Meena’s mittens have to do with my PhD?"
Where again?
Map of Pratapgarh, Rajasthan\'s newest district, carved in 2008 from neighbouring Udaipur, Chittorgarh, and Banswara in the southeast ofthe state. It is tough to explain to people where Pratapgarh, the location of my field research is. Traveling from Delhi, Pratapgarh seems to be at the very end of the earth and for once, I am not even exaggerating.Continue reading "Where again?"
The Commodification of Water Part 2
\"If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water – unless we change our approach to managing this precious and vital resource.\" ~ Ismail Serageldin, World Bank Vice President, 1995The importance of water for sustaining life is one of the early lessons we learn.Continue reading "The Commodification of Water Part 2"
The Commodification of Water: Deconstructing water privatisation
All of us have felt the joy of slaking one\'s thirst with water, washing away the unforgiving heat of a Delhi summer with a cool glass of water. But have you ever paused to think about where we get our water from? How are we using this resource? Is it finite or will be alwaysContinue reading "The Commodification of Water: Deconstructing water privatisation"
Chandni Singh 