“Water harvesting is not some ATM into which you can put a card and get water,” said Anupam Mishra in what was perhaps his last big interview to Civil Society.
He was a serious man with a wacky sense of humour. He knew how to strike that balance — always downplaying the dedication with which he pursued his valuable research into traditional water systems in India.
As India struggles with the contradiction of conquering water scarcities and coping with floods, it is the research that Anupam did over three decades that is more relevant than ever. . .