[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Left, right, left, right, left, right In my head my legs are the extreme ends of a swinging pendulum, repeating the same movements, but surely getting somewhere. In that sense walking long distances is like a physical metaphor of time passing. And when walking in India, you pass through space and time while passingContinue reading “Walking, Stopping, Painting – Moving Upstream: Ganga”
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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 Upstream project and�walked with us for almost�400kms from�Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh to�Gangotri, Uttarakhand along the Ganga as we documented the river. In the ongoing movement for�gender equality, we feel it is imperative that everyone�contributes in creating a more open society with equal opportunitiesContinue reading “Walking across India as a Woman – Moving Upstream”
Resting Spots – Walking across India – Moving Upstream
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”
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”
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 right amount of open spaces, right amount of built and the water in the purest form? Well, Chennai or more aptly � Madras was one such utopian idea before urbanisation stole its innocence to makeContinue reading “Chennai City Water Walks – The Canal Tale”
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.
Ahmedabad City WaterWalks – Sabarmati beyond the Barrage
(This is a guest blog by�Vrushti Mawani with inputs from Renu Desai, Dipani Sutaria & Mansi Shah, who are taking the lead for the Ahmedabad leg of our City�Water Walks initiative.) Maps by Mansi Shah The Ahmedabad Water Walks were hosted in October 2016 Ahmedabad�s history, including its settlement as a �city� in the earlyContinue reading “Ahmedabad City WaterWalks – Sabarmati beyond the Barrage”
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”
City Water Walks Mumbai
The first edition of the Mumbai walks saw us visiting Powai lake as permissions for our visit planned for Vihar lake didn�t come through. Conducted with the support of�Sanctuary Asia�and led by Dr. Parvish Pandya, we learnt a great deal about the situation in Mumbai. The History Mumbai is a city that was found inContinue reading “City Water Walks Mumbai”