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गेल्या महिन्यात विद्यापीठातील एका कोर्सच्या विद्यार्थ्यांना ‘भूजल आणि सामाजिक-राजकीय व्यवस्था’ या विषयावर लेक्चर देत असतांना एका विद्यार्थिनीने ‘भूजलाचा अभ्यास करतांना अभ्यासकाच्या पोझीशनॅलिटी चा काही परिणाम होतो का? असे विचारले. हे काय नवीन लफडं आहे- तुम्ही विचाराल? पोझीशनॅलिटी म्हणजेच एखाद्या व्यक्तीच्या सामाजिक-राजकीय-विचारधारा-जात- वर्ण- लिंग यांचा त्याच्या अभ्यासावर किंवा त्याच्या अभ्यासाच्या विषयाबद्दल असलेल्या दृष्टिकोनाबद्दल होणार परिणाम. तुम्ही Continue reading
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Exploring groundwater, encountering millets
This post is my contribution to the year of millets celebration. Here, I intend to share my experiences around these millets and reflect on them. I must bring to notice here that the culinary reference to bhakri in the article is with references to different regions of Maharashtra, something that may be different in other Continue reading
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Doing interviews, coproducing groundwater: tracing the spatial, temporal and vertical (Part 2)
I have organised this article in three parts based on the three key areas of coproduction. Part 1 reflects upon words- words used everyday to describe the topography, the geology, the processes, and practices. Part two focuses on space- space that is not just horizontal but also vertical as we speak about groundwater. This verticality Continue reading
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Doing interviews, coproducing groundwater: tracing the spatial, temporal and vertical (Part 1)
When interview research method meets groundwater Interviewing is cornerstone of any qualitative research. There are many different approaches to organising and conducting these and I would not go into the details about their typologies as that is not the intention of this article. My key interest here is- what happens when the interview as a Continue reading
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Rain rain go away or ये रे ये रे पावसा?
This happened sometime during the last year. It was another usual afternoon of June in Mumbai. Humid, overcast with intermittent rain, the day passed along. Ira, my daughter, in between playing with her toys, stopped near the window to see the rain as it continued to pour. Recollecting one of the children rhymes, she started Continue reading
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Groundwater and Beyond 