water management
Rivers of collective belonging
Continuing the debate on the river linking proposal of the Government of India, a Kathmandu-based water engineer-turned-social auditor examines the history of the emergence of the hydraulic technocracy in the Subcontinent and the principles on …
Ajaya Dixit | Oct 01, 2003
The decolonisation of water
An engineer-turned-social auditor produces a book for the classroom that comprehensively critiques the certitudes of the global and South Asian water technocracy.
Pradeep Adhikary | Aug 01, 2003
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