Stages of water in society

Water the most precious gift of nature. The three photographs show three different view of water in a society.

Learning from history through the window

The first photograph links water to the history which was a very important parameter for any settlement in history. The photograph shows the intention of looking to the history through a window to learn about managing the most precious gift of nature, the photograph is of Amber fort in which water have importance to the settlement on fort as well as for the Kesar bagh.

Dependence of human on water

The second photograph shows how water is important for livelihood of many. It shows the abundance of water around a man and how he is also calmly depending on the water. the calmness of river is very rare, it is happening when it is controlled by man. The river can be controlled by humans but it always have the dark side of scarcity. The calmness is the silence before the storm. The photograph is taken near the Prakasham barrage, (Vijayawada). The calmness is due to the Barrage (a hindrance created by man).

Water the precious gift of nature

The water, which came trapped inside the meteors drop by drop and again leading to scarcity. The photograph shows how water is precious. The white background depicts the origin of earth and the water drop its preciousness and a starting point of any life. But now, challenging the nature leading to the scarcity of water. This drop shows the origin and end of the life cycle. It’s on us how we manage the water or just let it be where it’s going.

Author: Sandeep kumar,Gayatri Patnaik ; School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi

All images courtesy the Author

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