October 26, 2017
What are your worst nightmares made of? Getting lost on a mountain of filth or drowning in a lake of black ooze? This is not a […]
August 29, 2017
The last post was about the state of Stepwells in our country and I shared about the Karez Water reservation system. Continuing from where I left […]
August 16, 2017
Hyderabad produces 4,000 metric tons of garbage every day. During Ganesh festival 3,000 more metric tonnes of garbage is added every day of the festival. This […]
August 16, 2017
I remember the excitement in my childhood of waking up on Ganesh Chathurthi morning and rushing to the local market to bring a freshly-made Ganesha idol […]
August 14, 2017
In my last post, I shared an introduction about stepwells and their significance in history of Indian culture. These marvels are truly a symbol of amusing […]
August 11, 2017
We are all familiar with the areas of Gachibowli, Enginebowli and Gangabowli but do you ever wonder how this places got such quirky names that have […]
August 10, 2017
It is a common misconception that the deeper you drill a bore well, the more water you will receive. People sometimes dig bores that reach a […]
August 8, 2017
With an idea originating from a TEDxHyderabad Salon on Civic Responsibility in 2016, a passionate group of volunteers, water experts and rainwater harvesting professionals embarked on […]
August 8, 2017
In 1864, the famous French world traveller Louis Rousselet described “[a] vast sheet of water, covered with lotuses in flower, amid which thousands of aquatic birds […]
August 8, 2017
Eco-friendly Ganesha – Don’t immerse, just plant it! Let’s step up and celebrate an eco-friendly Ganesha chaturthi this year! In the past few months, our team […]
August 2, 2017
Peer into any household today, and we will see domestic staff leaving the taps running while washing dishes and using hose pipes to wash driveways and […]
August 2, 2017
Summer should conjure up visions of long cool showers and lazing around in a deep blue pool with a chilled drink but for most Hyderabadis, summer […]