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Walking with River Sindh beyond its path
Introductory article by Aoun Hasan from his walk along River Sindh, for Veditum's Moving Upstream Fe…
Gleaning stories from River Sindh
Introductory article by Poorva Goel from her walk along River Sindh, upstream from Pachnada, for Ved…
Where does the river flow
'Where does the river flow' is an illustrated essay by artist Khyati Pathak, exploring the question:…
सिंध यात्रा : जिंदगी, आपदा और व्यवस्था से जद्दोजहद की अनसुनी कहानियां
ऐशानी गोस्वामी और राहुल सिंह का लेख, जो वेदितम के मूविंग अपस्ट्रीम : सिंध फेलोशिप प्रोग्राम के तहत उ…
Finding the Overstory – River Sindh
Introductory article by Bageshwer Singh & Pooja Chand from their walk along River Sindh for Veditum'…
Sindh: Across its banks and beyond
Introductory article by Aishani Goswami & Rahul Singh from their walk along River Sindh for Veditum'…
Understanding Bihar Floods 2021 – Simplifying Official Information
Through this series of infographics we have attempted to make official information comprehensible on…
Along the Betwa – Radhika & Shail
Along the Betwa, a narrative style photo book by Radhika Singh & Shail Joshi, produced during the Mo…
Wainganga basin: Strengths ignored & Weaknesses misunderstood
Part 2 of a 3 part series on the Wainganga river and learnings from a research project conducted in …
Soundscape – Upstream along the Betwa
A soundscape by Ishan Gupta, created from field recordings made while walking along River Betwa on V…
Wainganga: A lifeline of Central India
Part 1 of 3 articles on River Wainganga, a tributary of River Godavari that flows through the Indian…
Betwa in Shade and Line
A set of zines from walking the River Betwa, created by designer Kabini Amin, part of Veditum's Movi…
Along the Betwa – Part 11 (Final): Korona to Bandhauli
Part 11 (Final) of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Mo…
Along the Betwa – Part 10: Jamouri to Korona
Part 10 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Ups…
Along the Betwa – Part 9: Basaria to Jamouri
Part 9 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Along the Betwa – Part 8: Rirua to Basaria
Part 8 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Along the Betwa – Part 7: Jalalpur to Rirua
Part 7 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Walking Along River Ken – Webinar | Veditum x SANDRP
Webinar recording and reading links from Walking Along River Ken in Bundelkhand by Veditum India Fou…
Along the Betwa – Part 6: Douhal to Jalalpur
Part 6 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Cultural Geographies of River Narmada at Mandla
From walking the ghats of River Narmada at Mandla, Sneha Khulge writes about cultural geographies- a…
Along the Betwa – Part 5: Kumhaupur to Douhal
Part 5 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Creativity and Flow along River Betwa
Two designers on the Moving Upstream fellowship reflect on a house of art along River Betwa & the li…
Along the Betwa – Part 4: Chitanpur to Kumhaupur
Part 4 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Along the Betwa – Part 3: Badanpur to Chitanpur
Part 3 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Along the Betwa – Part 2: Kanpur to Badanpur
Part 2 of Radhika Sindh & Shail Joshi's writing from their walk along River Betwa on the Moving Upst…
Along the Betwa – Part 1: Preface
Preface to a series by Radhika Singh & Shail Joshi from walking the River Betwa as part of Veditum's…
Seeing, feeling and discovering River Betwa and its people
Mohit Rao does an extensive recap of his experience of walking the River Betwa as part of Veditum's …
Walking to River Betwa’s source – Moving Upstream
Over the past few years, as part of the Moving Upstream series of projects at Veditum, we have been …
Birdwatching along the Betwa: Abundance threatened by Developmental Activities, Sand Mining
Birdwatching while walking along the Betwa: Abundance of resident and migratory birds stands threate…
Moving Upstream: Betwa – Her people and their stories
Meeting the River Day 1, 11 January: It’s 1 pm and we get our first sighting of the river. We …
Walking along the Betwa – Moving Upstream
Reflections from a 300km walk along river Betwa in Bundelkhand, as part of Veditum's 'Moving Upstrea…
Tracing origins – Walking along the Ken
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When heading out on an adventure like walking along a river, it …
What’s downstream? Documenting Vishwamitri
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My first visit to Medhad, Virpur just downstream of the city of V…
On the banks of Vishwamitri River in Gujarat
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s sad to see a river being called ‘Gutter Ganga…
Press Release: Ken Yatra – Moving Upstream
Press release capturing notes from a 600km walk along River Ken by SANDRP and Veditum India Foundati…
Walking, Stopping, Painting – Moving Upstream: Ganga
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Left, right, left, right, left, right In my head my legs are the…
Downstream Extinctions – Mahakali River
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Pancheshwar dam is proposed to be taller than any dam current…
Application call – Betwa – Moving Upstream
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Moving Upstream : Betwa – Introduction
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The Sacred Landfill at 4080 metres
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Tragedy of Media Errors – Ken Betwa River Linking Project
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Mumbai Rains, Floods and the Mithi
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]One of the biggest challenges that Mumbai has faced in recent tim…
Walking across India as a Woman – Moving Upstream
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is a guest blog by Nupur Agrawal. She had joined our Moving …
Tuberculatus trees, Rain Forests and Cauvery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To do or not to do? There are few things in life that leave me ut…
Resting Spots – Walking across India – Moving Upstream
This post is in continuation to: ‘Finding shade – Walking across India – Moving Up…
Chennai City Water Walks – The Canal Tale
Can you imagine a city of villages? How would it be to have a cluster of villages with the ri…
Open well in a river, the story of Semara
Open wells and society: The well has been celebrated as a place for social interactions, encouraging…
City Water Walks Mumbai
The first edition of the Mumbai walks saw us visiting Powai lake as permissions for our visit planne…
The Price of Exclusivity
This post was written a few weeks ago and the experience still relays the same story. What has becom…
Walking from Varanasi to Allahabad: Moving Upstream
This is a guest blog by Ankit Batheja. He had recently joined our ongoing Moving Upstream project fo…
City Walks – An Introduction
(This is a guest post by Akshay Roongta) Hello! As I begin writing this post, Siddharth has just hit…
The Story of an Island – Part 2
Read Part 1 here: The Story of an Island. Walking through the island i came across a hand pump in fr…