Flood disasters are outcomes of excessive control over water, over people, over money, and over political power.

EWSs should aim to integrate the concerns of local people and be inclusive of gender, cultural, linguistic, and other social aspects.

Care for people and the planet must be embedded in business models such that profits are generated responsibly and in a manner that helps lift all people, as opposed to benefiting only a handful.

Applying principles of Buddhist economics is about innovating and choosing a unique path to development.

Erratic monsoon rain, recurrent floods, groundwater contamination, and the unreliability of sources make provisioning safe drinking water a major challenge in the flood-affected region of North Bihar.

South Asia’s waterscape faces worrying trends in public health, infrastructure development, and climate change, posing major challenges for the people and governments.

Water draws multiple political, economic, and social claims on its use, distribution, conservation, and management.

There is an immediate need to develop engineering materials the disposability of which is deemed as important as their durability, strength and functional performance.

Water should bind together and not divide us.

As somebody who was born and raised in an urban setting and had the privilege of running water at home, I had little appreciation of the difficulties people in rural areas

The waterscape that I lived in between my graduation in mid-1980 and the present will be radically different from the waterscape that is likely to emerge between 2021 and 2050.

We must find ways to better understand our local realities before proceeding to present a grand proposal of development.

Healthy freshwater ecosystem is essential for human welling

Floods are not acts of God.

Research agencies and the government departments need to communicate regularly and use the knowledge to minimise hazard risks to the people.