This post is in continuation to: ‘Finding shade – Walking across India – Moving Upstream‘.�These posts attempt at�answering one�of the most common questions that people�ask in relation to�our�long walks, “how do you manage your stay while walking?”. The first part showed you glimpses from the first leg of the journey through the plains in WestContinue reading “Resting Spots – Walking across India – Moving Upstream”
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Finding shade – Walking across India – Moving Upstream
How did you manage? One of the most common questions that people�ask in relation to the long walk along the river Ganga is, “how did you manage your stay while walking?”. It is a legitimate doubt and through a couple of posts on our website, we offer you�a glimpse into what ensued. The dynamicsContinue reading “Finding shade – Walking across India – Moving Upstream”
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 people to share their daily lives with each other while they draw water. At times, a sight of relief for the farmer who has toiled hard or the traveller who has covered great distance, and also an assurance inContinue reading “Open well in a river, the story of Semara”
Ahmedabad City WaterWalks – Of Water, Birds and Beings
(This is a guest blog by�Dipani Sutaria and Renu Desai with inputs from�Mansi Shah and Vrushti Mawani, who are taking the lead for the Ahmedabad leg of our City Water Walks initiative) Maps and graphics by Mansi Shah.
Ganga: Moving Upstream – Second Leg
Rewind: Last June, as part of our�Moving Upstream�series of projects,�Siddharth�started walking along the river Ganga from Gangasagar, West Bengal. Moving from the ocean to the glaciers at 14000 feet, the attempt was�to present a very personal narrative of the Ganga and stories of the people who affect and are affected by it. This was�the firstContinue reading “Ganga: Moving Upstream – Second Leg”
Chennai City Water Walks
(This is a guest post by Prithvi Mahadevan,�who is�taking the lead for the�Chennai�leg�of our�City�Water Walks initiative.) I was strolling on one of the beaches in Chennai, when Akshay got in touch with me and presented me with the wonderful idea of �City Water Walks� and �Moving Upstream�. It all seemed bizarre to me then,Continue reading “Chennai City Water Walks”
City Water Walks – Ahmedabad
(This is a guest blog by Renu Desai, Dipani Sutaria, Mansi Shah &�Vrushti Mawani, who are taking the lead for the Ahmedabad leg of our City�Water Walks initiative.) � When Akshay got in touch with us about doing a city walk in Ahmedabad that would concur with Siddharth�s walk along the Ganga, we were immediatelyContinue reading “City Water Walks – Ahmedabad”
Walking from Varanasi to Allahabad: Moving Upstream
This is a guest blog by Ankit Batheja. He had recently joined our ongoing Moving Upstream project for a week and walked alongside Siddharth from Varanasi to Allahabad. The journey would have taken merely 2 hours, each bus and auto passing through was a big temptation to end this exertion, but making it a 5Continue reading “Walking from Varanasi to Allahabad: Moving Upstream”
City Walks – An Introduction
(This is a guest post by Akshay Roongta) Hello! As I begin writing this post, Siddharth has just hit the road again after a brief hiatus. He’s making his way through Bihar at the moment. The idea of this post, is to introduce city walks, a format that we’re developing to create a tangible wayContinue reading “City Walks – An Introduction”
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 front of a mud house in the village of Idrakpur, filled my�LifeStraw�and took a sip. My confidence in�LifeStraw�s ability to clean the water made me drink it, but not before the pungent odour reminded meContinue reading “The Story of an Island – Part 2”